María Virginia Báez

María Virginia Báez
Personal information
Full nameMaría Virginia Báez Franco
National team Paraguay
Born (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33)
Asunción, Paraguay
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke

María Virginia Báez Franco (born November 18, 1991) is a Paraguayan swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] She has been selected to represent Paraguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing among the top 48 swimmers in the women's 100 m backstroke.

Baez was invited by FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for Paraguay in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] Swimming against Bermuda's Kiera Aitken and Panama's Christie Bodden in heat one, Baez tried to hold on with Aitken throughout the race, but could not catch her near the wall to finish only with a second-place time and establish a Paraguayan national record in 1:05.39. Baez, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as he placed forty-sixth overall in the prelims.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "María Virginia Báez". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "María Virginia Báez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Mi objetivo es bajar aun más mi tiempo" ["My goal is to lower my entry standard time"] (in Spanish). Diario ABC Color. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ "María Virginia Báez bajó su récord" [María Virginia Báez breaks the record] (in Spanish). Diario ABC Color. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2016.


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