Melanie Slowing Explained
| Melanie Slowing |
| Fullname: | Melanie Slowing de Montenegro |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Height: | 1.60NaN0 |
| Weight: | 590NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Melanie Slowing de Montenegro (born January 10, 1973) is a Guatemalan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Slowing qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 31-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by breaking a Guatemalan record and posting a FINA B-cut of 26.89 from the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mexico City.[2] She topped the fourth heat by less than 0.04 of a second ahead of Moldova's Maria Tregubova in 27.44. Slowing failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-sixth overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.[3] [4]
She is the sister of Karen Slowing who competed in the Olympics in 1984.[5]
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Notes and References
- Melanie Slowing . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/melanie-slowing-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 28 April 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 19 April 2013.
- Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
- News: Thomas . Stephen . Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too . . 20 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204111631/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp . 4 February 2012 .
- Karen Slowing-Aceituno . 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 . no.
