Samantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas (born September 30, 1994) is an Ecuadorian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in the Women's 800 metre freestyle, finishing in 29th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final. She trains in Rome, Italy.

Career

2013 Bolivarian Games

participated in the open water competition in the Trujillo

2013 Bolivarian Games The 2013 Bolivarian Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Bolivarianos''), officially the XVII Bolivarian Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from November 16–30, 2013, in Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo, Peru, with some events held in ...

with her training partner Ivan Enderica. Samantha won a gold medal with a time of 2:08:33. Due to the low temperatures of the lake, many participants withdrew because of

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Toronto 2015

At first it was announced that the Ecuadorian swimmer won the Pan American gold, but after analyzing the results, Samantha Arévalo was left with the bronze medal for a tenth of a second. The winner was the American

Eva Fabian Eva Fabian ( he, אווה פביאן; born August 3, 1993) is an American-Israeli open water swimmer. She was the 2010 world champion in the 5-kilometer swim, and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the women's 10k. Early life F ...

with a time of 2: 03: 17.0. Samantha, finished with a time of 2: 03: 167.1. In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometres at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

held in Lima, Peru. She did not finish her race.

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Samantha Arévalo
London 2012 1994 births Living people Ecuadorian female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Ecuador Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Ecuadorian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador Pan American Games medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Sportspeople from Cuenca, Ecuador South American Games silver medalists for Ecuador South American Games bronze medalists for Ecuador South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Ecuadorian women 21st-century Ecuadorian people Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Ecuador Bolivarian Games medalists in swimming {{Ecuador-swimming-bio-stub