Fernanda González | |
Fullname: | María Fernanda González Ramirez |
Nicknames: | La Garza. Mafer. La diva del barrio. |
Strokes: | Backstroke |
Club: | Colorado Stars |
Birth Date: | 1990 4, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, DF, Mexico |
Height: | 174 cm |
Weight: | 58 kg |
María Fernanda González Ramirez (born April 25, 1990)[1] is an Olympic and National record-holding backstroke swimmer from Mexico. She swam for Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
In March 2012, González was the first of Mexico's swimming qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics.[3] She swam in the 100 and 200 m backstroke.
As of March 2008, González holds the Mexican Records in the long-course (50m) 50, 100 and 200 backstrokes, as well as in the short-course (25m) 100 and 200 backstrokes.
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she set the Games Records by winning the 50 and 100 backstroke events (30.61 and 1:04.28). In the 100 back, González also bettered a 20-year-old record set by Costa Rica's Silvia Poll (1:04.43) at the 1986 Games.