Marcela Cuesta (born March 31, 1972) is a retired female

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

and

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 ...

swimmer from

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, who won three medals (one silver and two bronze) with the women's relay team at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

. She represented her native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

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1972 births Living people Female butterfly swimmers Costa Rican female freestyle swimmers Costa Rican female swimmers Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Costa Rica Pan American Games silver medalists for Costa Rica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Costa Rica Pan American Games medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Costa Rican women 21st-century Costa Rican women {{CostaRica-swimming-bio-stub