Daniela Inácio
Personal information | |
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Full name | Daniela Guerra Inácio |
Nationality | Portugal |
Born |
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 24 May 1989
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 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
- ↑ "Daniela Inácio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Sutton wins open water test event, earns Olympic berth". NBC Olympics. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Marathon 10km". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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