Talía Barrios Explained

Talía Barrios
Fullname:Talía Barrios
National Team: Peru
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Bolles School Sharks (U.S.)
Birth Date:22 November 1980
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Height:1.680NaN0
Weight:530NaN0
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Talía Barrios (born November 22, 1980) is a Peruvian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Peru at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the Bolles School Swim Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida under head coaches Larry Shofe and Gregg Troy.[2] [3]

Barrios competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] She achieved a FINA B-cut of 27.22 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[5] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Russian import Yekaterina Tochenaya of Kyrgyzstan, and Yugoslavia's two-time Olympian Duška Radan. She saved a seventh spot over Guinea's Aissatou Barry by a wide margin of 7.68 seconds in 28.11. Barrios failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-second overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Talía Barrios. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074835/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/talia-barrios-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Bolles in the Olympics. Bolles School. 5 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511024134/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814. 11 May 2013.
  3. News: Scavino. Jim. Bolles alums represent home nations in Pan Am. The Florida Times-Union. 12 August 1999. 25 June 2013.
  4. News: Costarricense Claudia Poll favorita latinoamérica para obtener medalla en natación olímpica. Costa Rican Claudia Poll becomes a Latin American favorite for Olympic swimming medal. Spanish. La Nación. 12 September 2000. 25 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  6. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4 . . . . 165 . 14 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  7. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep22.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 14 June 2013.
  8. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000). Sydney 2000. ESPN. 14 June 2013.

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