María José Marenco
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | El Salvador |
| Born | September 27, 1976 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
María José Marenco (born September 27, 1976) is a Salvadoran former swimmer. She represented El Salvador at the age of 15 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona in the 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle and 800 metre freestyle competing in the heats. She also acted as the flag bearer for the El Salvador team of 4 athletes during the opening ceremony.[1]
Marenco represented El Salvador at the Central American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships on a number of occasions. At the 1994 Central American Games hosted in her home country, she was considered such a good medal hope in the freestyle event the then President of El Salvador Alfredo Cristiani attended her competition.[2]
Record at the 1992 Olympics
[edit]| Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |
| 200 m freestyle | 2:09.36 | 32 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:29.32 | 26 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 9:09.41 | 20 | — | Did not advance | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "María José Marenco Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Reunión de ganadoras". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
