Xenia Peni

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Xenia Peni
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Full nameXenia Peni
National teamFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Born (1983-02-28) 28 February 1983 (age 40)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Xenia Peni (born February 28, 1983) is a Papua New Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] Peni represented Papua New Guinea, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's first female flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [2]

Peni competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:18.58. [3] [4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia's 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola's Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She trailed behind Cruz in a spirited challenge by five-hundredths of a second (0.05) to round out the field in 1:19.62. Peni failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the prelims. [5] [6]

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References

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