Agustina de Giovanni

Agustina de Giovanni (born July 16, 1985) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She is a seven-time Argentine champion and two-time record holder in the breaststroke (both 100 and 200 m). She also holds a South American record of 2:26.17 in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Jose Finkel Trophy Meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Agustina de Giovanni
Personal information
Full nameAgustina de Giovanni
National team Argentina
Born (1985-07-16) 16 July 1985
San Vicente, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubGimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe
College teamUniversity of Alabama (U.S.)
CoachRaul Strnad
Don Gambril (U.S.)

De Giovanni's Olympic debut came as Argentina's youngest swimmer (aged 19) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Swimming in heat two of the 200 m breaststroke, De Giovanni touched out Mexico's Adriana Marmolejo to take the fourth spot and twenty-sixth overall by 0.16 of a second with a time of 2:35.94.[3][4]

At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, de Giovanni missed out the podium in sixth place by three seconds behind Marmolejo, outside her personal best of 2:36.02.[5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, de Giovanni qualified again for the women's 200 m breaststroke by breaking a new Argentine record and clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:31.15 from the Ohio State Post-NCAA Long Course Invite in Columbus, Ohio.[6] She challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including her former rival Marmolejo, and defending semifinalist Inna Kapishina of Belarus. She raced to seventh place by two seconds behind Serbia's Nađa Higl in 2:34.94, just exactly a second faster than her time set in Athens. De Giovanni failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the preliminary heats.[7]

De Giovanni is also a former member of the swimming team for Alabama Crimson Tide, and a graduate of international relations at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Agustina de Giovanni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. "Jose Finkel Trophy Meet: Cesar Cielo and Jessica Hardy Top 50 Free Semifinals". Swimming World Magazine. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women's 200 Breaststroke Day 5 Prelims: Leisel Jones Leads the Way Again in 2:26.02". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  5. "Terminan Marmolejo e Ibáñez en quinto y octavo puesto" [Marmolejo and Ibáñez finished fifth and eighth] (in Spanish). Terra. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  6. "Agustina De Giovanni clasificó a los Juegos Olímpicos 2008" [Agustina De Giovanni qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games] (in Spanish). El Litoral. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  7. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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