María Teresa Ramírez Gómez (born August 15, 1954, in

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) is a Mexican former

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and backstroke

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. She represented

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at two consecutive

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, starting in

(1968). She won the bronze medal in the Women's 800m Freestyle event at the

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* 1954 births Living people Mexican female backstroke swimmers Mexican female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1967 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Swimmers from Mexico City Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women {{mexico-swimming-bio-stub