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Swimming At The 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 21 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion is Arlene Semeco of Venezuela. This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: Qualification Each National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ... (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.4) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (27. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center
The Scotiabank Aquatics Center is an aquatics center built for the 2011 Pan American Games in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. It was opened June 22, 2011, built at a cost of $USD31.7m (380 million pesos). It is the most modern aquatic complex of its kind in Latin America, and considered to be the second best in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Natation. It has a permanent capacity 3,593, but will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators for the Pan American Games. The outside of the building is shaped like a wave. It contains two 50m Olympic sized pools and a diving tank. During the 2011 Pan America Games it will host the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. After the Pan American Games it will used as a high performance training centre, and for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. The center is sponsored by Scotiabank, a Canadian-based bank, which operates in Mexico under the name Scotiabank Inverlat. See also *201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. National Olympic Committees As of 2020, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include each of the 193 member states of the United Nations, one UN observer state (Palestine) and two states with limited recognition (Kosovo and Taiwan). There are also ten dependent territories with recognized NOCs: four territories of the United States (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands), three British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Torrez
Karen Milenka Torrez Guzmán (born 29 July 1992) is a Bolivian swimmer from Cochabamba. She competes in the Women's 100m Freestyle. She was flag bearer for the nation at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games during the 2018 South American Games. In 2019, she represented Bolivia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle, women's 50 metre freestyle and Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle, women's 100 metre freestyle events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. References External links * Bolivian female swimmers Sportspeople from Cochabamba Olympic swimmers for Bolivia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1992 births Living people Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2015 Pan Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allyson Ponson
Allyson Roxanne Ponson (born 4 December 1995) is an Aruban swimmer. She holds the national record in 50 and 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre backstroke. In 2011, she was named Aruban Athlete of the Year. She placed 45th in the 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ponson studied at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and in 2015 competed for the Dutch club PSV. Her sister Gabrielle is also an international swimmer. In 2019, she represented Aruba at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. In 2021, she competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Toky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinyere Pigot
Chinyere Pigot is a Surinamese swimmer living in Miami, Florida, who attended the University of Connecticut and participated on a collegiate level. Pigot competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics at age fifteen on Suriname's behalf. She used to attend Doral Academy Charter High School in 2011. She was Suriname's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References * * https://web.archive.org/web/20141013013711/http://strollersblog.com/importance-children-able-swim Living people Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Suriname Surinamese female swimmers Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Paramaribo 1993 births Swimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ximena Vilar
Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name Jimeno, derived from the Basque '' Semen''. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may refer to: Historical *Jimena, legendary mother of Bernardo del Carpio *Jimena of Cea, wife of king García Sánchez II of Pamplona (10th-/11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III (11th-century) *Jimena, daughter of Alfonso V of León (11th-century) *Jimena Díaz, wife of El Cid (11th-century) * Jimena Muñoz, mistress of Alfonso VI of León and Castile (11th-century) Modern *Jimena Antelo (born 1972), Bolivian journalist and television presenter *Jimena (singer) (born 1980), Mexican singer *Jimena Canales, a Mexican-American physicist and author * Jimena Elías Roca (born 1989), Miss Peru Universo 2007 *Jimena Florit (born 1972), Argentine mountain biker *María Jimena Piccolo (born 1985), Argentine TV actress * Chimène Bad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Weech
Ariel may refer to: Film and television * Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto * "Ariel" (''Firefly'' episode) (2002) * "Ariel" (''Once Upon a Time''), a 2013 episode of ''Once Upon a Time'' * Ariel (''The Little Mermaid''), a red-haired mermaid who is fascinated by life on dry land and falls in love with Prince Eric in the 1989 Disney film '' The Little Mermaid'' *Ariel, a planet visited in an episode of ''Space: 1999'' Literature * "Ariel" (poem), a 1965 poem by Sylvia Plath ** ''Ariel'' (poetry collection), a 1965 collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath containing the eponymous poem *T. S. Eliot's Ariel poems, a series of poems by T. S. Eliot * ''Ariel'' (novel), a 1941 science fiction novel by Alexander Beliaev * ''Ariel'' (novel series), a 1986 science fiction novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
