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Maritza is a name of Spanish and German origin and may refer to: *Maritza Correia (born 1981), Puerto Rican swimmer * Maritza Olivares, Mexican actress *Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress *Maritza Salas (born 1975), Puerto Rican track and field athlete *Maritza Sayalero (born 1961), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder *Sari Maritza (1910–1987), English actress See also *Maritsa, longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. *Maritsa Iztok Complex, Bulgarian power complex *''Countess Maritza ''Gräfin Mariza'' (''Countess Maritza'') is an operetta in three acts composed by Hungarian composer Emmerich Kálmán, with a German libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It premiered in Vienna on 28 February 1924 at the Theater an ...

Maritza Correia
Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States. When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became the first Puerto Rican of African descent to be a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team. She was the first female African-American swimmer for the United States to win an Olympic medal. She also became the first black American swimmer to set an American and world swimming record. Early years Correia was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her parents, Vincent and Anne, had moved there from Guyana. In 1988, when Correia was seven years old, she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis.BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NATIONAL TEAM PIONEERS
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