Antonella Scanavino

Antonella Scanavino Crespo (Maldonado, October 30, 1992) is a Uruguayan swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and individual medley events.[2][1] At age fifteen, she became one of the youngest swimmers to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Uruguay. Antonella Scanavino is the daughter of the nation's former long-distance freestyle champion Carlos Scanavino, who won silver at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and had appeared in two editions of the Olympic Games (1984 and 1988).[3]

Antonella Scanavino
Personal information
Full nameAntonella Scanavino Crespo
National team Uruguay
Born (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992
Maldonado, Uruguay
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, medley
ClubCampus de Maldonado[1]

Antonella Scanavino was invited by FINA through the Universality rule to compete as a lone female swimmer for Uruguay in the 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4] Swimming against Senegal's Binta Zahra Diop and San Marino's Simona Muccioli in heat one, Antonella Scanavino trailed the Senegalese rival throughout the race to scorch her way for an immediate lead, but could not catch her near the wall by just a small fingertip (0.02 seconds) to finish only with a second-place time and forty-eighth overall in 1:04.28.[5]

References
  1. "Antonella Scanavino". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antonella Scanavino". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. "El precio de la gloria: Ex nadador olímpico vende su colección de medallas" [The price of fame: Former Olympic swimmer sold his collection of medals] (in Spanish). Uruguay: El Pais. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  4. "Scanavino cerca de Beijing" [Scanavino flies to Beijing] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. "Swimming: Women's 100m Butterfly – Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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