Daniela Inácio

Daniela Inácio
Personal information
Full name Daniela Guerra Inácio
Nationality  Portugal
Born (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet
Union
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Weight 51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Open water
Club Belenenses (POR)

Daniela Guerra Inácio (born May 24, 1989, in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a Russian-born Portuguese swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] Inacio qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing fourteenth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[2][3] Inacio swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton. Inacio finished the race in seventeenth place, with a time of 2:00:59.0, one minute and thirty-one seconds (1:31) behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.[4]

References

  1. "Daniela Inácio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. "Sutton wins open water test event, earns Olympic berth". NBC Olympics. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. "Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. "Women's Marathon 10km". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

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