Marianela Quesada
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FullnameMarianela Quesada Barrantes
Nationalteam
Costa Rica
Costa RicaBorn17 April 1988
San José, Costa Rica
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marianela Quesada Barrantes |
| National team | Costa Rica |
| Born | 17 April 1988 San José, Costa Rica |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Marianela Quesada Barrantes (born April 17, 1988) is a Costa Rican swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics; she currently holds the Costa Rican national record in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle.[2]
Quesada received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as Costa Rica's lone female swimmer in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Swimming on the outside in heat six, Quesada could not beat the vastly experienced field to round out the race in last with a time of 28.11. Quesada failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed fifty-seventh overall out of 92 swimmers in the prelims.[3][4]
