Samantha Arévalo Explained

Samantha Arévalo
Fullname:Samantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas
Strokes:Freestyle, Medley
Birth Date:30 September 1994
Birth Place:Cuenca, Ecuador
Height:1.68 m
Weight:58 kg

Samantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas (born September 30, 1994) is an Ecuadorian swimmer.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metre freestyle, finishing in 29th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final.[2] She trains in Rome, Italy.

Career

2013 Bolivarian Games

participated in the open water competition in the Trujillo 2013 Bolivarian Games with her training partner Ivan Enderica. Samantha won a gold medal with a time of 2:08:33. Due to the low temperatures of the lake, many participants withdrew because of hypothermia.[3]

Toronto 2015

At first it was announced that the Ecuadorian swimmer won the Pan American gold, but after analyzing the results, Samantha Arévalo was left with the bronze medal for a tenth of a second. The winner was the American Eva Fabian with a time of 2: 03: 17.0. Samantha, finished with a time of 2: 03: 167.1.

In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometres at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4] She did not finish her race.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samantha Arevalo Salinas . London 2012 . The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited . 21 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130517112810/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/arevalo-salinas-samantha-1059976/ . 2013-05-17.
  2. Samantha Arévalo . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/samantha-arevalo-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . March 11, 2014.
  3. News: Oro para ecuatorianos en aguas abiertas en Bolivarianos. 2013-11-23. El Universo. 2018-07-30. es-LA.
  4. Web site: Women's marathon 10 kilometres. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230601/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/OWS/PAG2019_OWS_C73_OWSW10KM--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 30 July 2020. 30 July 2020. 2019 Pan American Games.