Virginia Farmer (born October 19, 1975, in
San Luis Obispo, California,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
) is an American Samoan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. At age thirty-two, Farmer made her official debut for the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
}
Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, where she competed in the
women's 50 m freestyle. She finished third in the fourth heat by twelve hundredths of a second (0.12) behind Swaziland's
Senele Dlamini, with a time of 28.82 seconds. Farmer, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed sixty-second out of ninety-two swimmers in the overall rankings.
References
External links
*
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1975 births
Living people
American Samoan female swimmers
American people of Samoan descent
Olympic swimmers for American Samoa
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
American Samoan female freestyle swimmers
Sportspeople from San Luis Obispo, California
21st-century American women
{{AmericanSamoa-sport-bio-stub