Fátima Madrid Calancha (born 28 December 1979 in Seville, Andalusia) is a coach and a former

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

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from Spain.

Career

Madrid competed for Spain at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, Georgia. She was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay with her teammates Blanca Cerón,

Susanna Garabatos Susana Garabatos Rodríguez (born March 8, 1979) is a former freestyle swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 4x100m Freest ...

and

Claudia Franco Claudia Maria Franco Solana (born 21 July 1975), also known as Claudia Franco Walsh, is a former competition swimmer who represented Spain at two consecutive Summer Olympics. Early years Franco was born in Madrid, Spain.Sports-Reference.com, ...

. A year later, the Spanish relay team including Cerón, Madrid,

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and Franco finished first at the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

. She was a member of the swimming club ''Club Natación Los Palacios'' in Seville. In 2000, she started a new career as a personal coach and, in 2010, she published a book on health and prevention.

Bibliography

* Fátima Madrid Calancha, ''En salud, más prevenir que curar. Guía práctica para un bienestar físico y sobrevivir al S.XXI''. Publicaciones Vértice SL, 2010, 90 p.,

Notes

References

External links

Spanish Olympic Committee: Atlanta games
* * 1979 births Living people Spanish female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Spain Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games {{Spain-swimming-bio-stub