Maritza Correia
Puerto Rican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-breaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maritza Correia (born December 23, 1981), also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States.[2] When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became the first Puerto Rican of African descent to be a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team. She was the first female African-American swimmer for the United States to win an Olympic medal. She also became the first black American swimmer to set an American and world swimming record.[3]
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National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1981-12-23) December 23, 1981 (age 42) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Brandon Blue Wave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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