Imelda Martínez Explained

Imelda Martínez Gómez (born July 16, 1982, in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.^[1] Martinez qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing seventh in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.^[2] ^[3] Martinez 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. Martinez finished the race in twentieth place, with a time of 2:01:07.9, one minute and forty seconds (1:40) behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.^[4]

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Imelda Martínez. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/imelda-martinez-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 26 January 2013.
News: Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics. Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. 26 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140329044146/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18147.asp. 29 March 2014.
News: Imelda Martínez clasificó a JO en natación de aguas abiertas. Imelda Martínez qualifies for open water swimming at the Olympic Games. Spanish. https://archive.today/20130216110625/http://msn.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/noticias/2008/05/31/imelda-martinez-clasifico-a-jo-en-natacion. dead. 16 February 2013. Medio Tiempo. 31 May 2008. 26 January 2013.
Web site: Women's Marathon 10km . . 26 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821024437/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW119100/index.html . 21 August 2012 .