Valentina Aracil

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Valentina Aracil
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Born (1966-12-28) 28 December 1966 (age 57) [1]
Mar del Plata, Argentina [1] [2]
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Sport Swimming

Valentina Aracil (born 28 December 1966) is an Argentine breaststroke and individual medley swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [3]

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Personal life

Aracil moved for studies to Michigan, United States in 1988. [2] She now resides in Little Rock, Arkansas, after living in Minnesota and Mississippi. [2] She is married to fellow Argentine Olympic swimmer Luis Juncos and they have two American-born children, both association football players, a son and a daughter (Argentina women's national football team member Natalie Juncos). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Valentina Aracil" (in Spanish). BuscarDatos.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Madre e hija unidas por el deporte y las raíces argentinas" [Mother and daughter united by the sport and the Argentine roots] (in Spanish). Un Lugar en el Mundo. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valentina Aracil Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2017.