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Andalusian swimming

María Peláez

María Peláez Navarrete was born in Málaga on 13 November 1977. She swam butterfly for Spain at five Olympic Games. Olympedia lists Real Club Mediterráneo de Málaga as her club.

Club and hometown

Full name on Olympedia: María Peláez Navarrete. Born 13 November 1977 in Málaga. Club on her Olympic profile: RCM de Málaga.

Olympic Games

Barcelona 1992: 25th in the 100 m butterfly, tied for 15th in the 200 m butterfly, and 13th in the Spanish 4×100 m medley relay.

Atlanta 1996: 19th in the 100 m butterfly, 11th in the 200 m butterfly and 15th in the 4×100 m medley relay.

Sydney 2000: 29th in the 100 m butterfly and 25th in the 200 m butterfly.

Athens 2004: 15th in the 200 m butterfly and 7th in the 4×100 m medley relay.

Beijing 2008: she swam the 200 m individual medley. Olympedia lists 27th. World Aquatics lists 2:15.97 and 30th. The two sources disagree on the place, so it is left unresolved.

Europeans, Universiade and Mediterranean Games

Long-course European Championships, from Olympedia: bronze in the 4×100 m medley relay at Vienna 1995; gold in the 200 m butterfly at Seville 1997; silver in the 200 m butterfly at Istanbul 1999.

World Aquatics records the 200 m butterfly gold as 2:10.25, in a 50 m pool, on 24 August 1997, at that year’s European Championships.

Short-course Europeans: bronze in the 200 m butterfly at Rostock 1996. 1999 Palma de Mallorca Universiade: gold in the 200 m butterfly.

Mediterranean Games, from Olympedia: at Languedoc-Roussillon 1993, silver in the 200 m butterfly and the 4×100 m medley relay, and bronze in the 100 m butterfly; at Bari 1997, silver in the 100 m butterfly and the 4×100 m medley relay, and bronze in the 200 m individual medley; at Tunis 2001, bronze in the 200 m butterfly.

Sources

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