Serrana Andrea Fernández la Banca (born November 13, 1973) is an Olympic

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from

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. She competed at the

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and

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, where she was flagbearer for Uruguay in the Opening Ceremony. Since 2007 she lives in Spain (

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). She swam at the 1991 and 2003 Pan American Games. As of July 2009,FUN website: Swimming/Federal (level) subpage
retrieved 2009-12-31. she still holds the Uruguay Records in all 3 long-course backstroke events at: *50 back: 29.81 *100 back: 1:04.99 *200 back: 2:24.41.

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1973 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Uruguay Female backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay Uruguayan female swimmers {{Uruguay-swimming-bio-stub