Ana Belén Palomo Jiménez (born 20 October 1977) is a freestyle

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, who competed for her native country at two consecutive

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. In both tournaments she was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 50 m freestyle.

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Spanish Olympic Committee
1977 births Living people Spanish female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Algeciras Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Spain Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Spain-swimming-bio-stub