Silvia Poll Ahrens

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Medal record
Silvia Poll Ahrens
Women’s Swimming
Competitor for Costa Rica
Olympic Games
Silver	1988 Seoul	200m Freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	100m Freestyle
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	200m Freestyle
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	100m Backstroke
Gold	1991 Havana	100m Backstroke
Silver	1987 Indianapolis	50m Freestyle
Silver	1987 Indianapolis	200m Backstroke
Silver	1987 Indianapolis	4x200m Freestyle
Bronze	1987 Indianapolis	4x100m Freestyle
Bronze	1987 Indianapolis	4x100m Medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze	1991 Edmonton	100m Backstroke

Silvia Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970) is Nicaraguan-born swimmer from Costa Rica, who won a total number of eight medals at the 1987 Pan American Games.

[edit] Career

Poll was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Her parents were Germans who settled in Nicaragua where they had Silvia and her younger sister Claudia Poll, who is also a competitive swimmer. After the 1972 earthquake of Managua and rising political tensions, Silvia's parents decided to move south to Costa Rica.

Poll is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer for Costa Rica, who won the silver medal in the 200m Freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.