Antonella Scanavino Crespo ( Maldonado, October 30, 1992) is a

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swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events. At age fifteen, she became one of the youngest swimmers to compete at the

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, representing her nation

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. Antonella Scanavino is the daughter of the nation's former long-distance freestyle champion

Carlos Scanavino Carlos A. Scanavino Villavicenio (born March 11, 1964) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Uruguay. He participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. His best result was the 12th place in ...

, who won silver at the

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, and had appeared in two editions of the Olympic Games (1984 and 1988). Antonella Scanavino was invited by

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through the Universality rule to compete as a lone female swimmer for

in the 100 m butterfly at the

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. Swimming against Senegal's Binta Zahra Diop and San Marino's Simona Muccioli in heat one, Antonella Scanavino trailed the Senegalese rival throughout the race to scorch her way for an immediate lead, but could not catch her near the wall by just a small fingertip (0.02 seconds) to finish only with a second-place time and forty-eighth overall in 1:04.28.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1992 births Living people Uruguayan female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Uruguay Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Female butterfly swimmers Female medley swimmers People from Maldonado, Uruguay {{Uruguay-swimming-bio-stub