Melanie Slowing de Montenegro (born January 10, 1973) is a Guatemalan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Slowing qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 31-year-old, at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, by breaking a Guatemalan record and posting a FINA B-cut of 26.89 from the Central American and Caribbean Championships in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

. She topped the fourth heat by less than 0.04 of a second ahead of Moldova's

Maria Tregubova Maria Tregubova (born July 17, 1984) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a member of the swimming team for Olimpia Chişinău. Tregubova made her Olympic debut, ...

in 27.44. Slowing failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-sixth overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries. She is the sister of Karen Slowing who competed in the Olympics in 1984.

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Profile – Aquatics Centre Guatemala
1973 births Living people Guatemalan female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Guatemala Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Guatemalan female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Guatemala City {{Guatemala-swimming-bio-stub