Karen Slowing-Aceituno Explained

Karin Slowing
Nationality:	Guatemalan
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Date:	22 December 1968
Height:	1.64 m
Weight:	55 kg

Karen Slowing-Aceituno (born 22 December 1968) is a Guatemalan former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She competed in the freestyle swimming at 100 metres, 400 m and 800 m.^[1]

She is the cousin of Melanie Slowing.^[2] Her daughter Valerie Gruest was an Olympic swimmer in 2016 at 400 and 800 m freestyle.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rosa López de D'Amico. Tansin Benn. Gertrud Pfister. Women and Sport in Latin America. 20 May 2016. Routledge. 978-1-317-56572-7. 343.
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/karen-slowing-aceituno-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/karen-slowing-aceituno-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 20 June 2012.
3. https://swimswam.com/northwestern-commit-valerie-gruest-slowing-qualifies-rio/ Northwestern commit Valerie Gruest Slowing..