Jump to content

Lourdes Becerra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lourdes Becerra
Personal information
Full nameLourdes Becerra Portero
Nationality Spain
Born (1973-06-04) 4 June 1973 (age 51)
Sabadell, Catalonia
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke and medley
ClubClub Natació Sabadell
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Hong Kong 400 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1998 Sheffield 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Sheffield 400 m medley

Lourdes Becerra Portero (born 4 June 1973 in Sabadell, Catalonia) is a former medley and breaststroke swimmer, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona. Her best Olympic result came in 1996, when she finished seventh in the 400 m individual medley.

At the 1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hong Kong she won the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley. At the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield she won silver in the 200 m breaststroke and bronze in the 400 m individual medley.

She started to swim at 10 years old, in the Club Natació Sabadell, her only ever club.

References

[edit]