María Mercedes "Merche" Peris Minguet (born 5 January 1985 in
Paiporta
Paiporta () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Horta Sud in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain.
Twin towns
Paiporta is town twinning, twinned with:
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, Valencia, Spain) is an Olympic and
national record holding
backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
swimmer
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from
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. She competed for Spain at the
2008 Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...
.
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1985 births
Living people
Spanish female backstroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Valencia
Olympic swimmers for Spain
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
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