Rita Medrano
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rita Medrano Muñoz |
| National team |  Mexico |
| Born | January 26, 1990 |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| Club | Acuatica Nelson Vargas |
| College team | Texas A&M University |
| Coach | Steve Bultman (Texas A&M) |
Rita Medrano Muñoz (born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican competition swimmer who swam for Texas A&M University and competed for Mexico in the 200 meter butterfly event at the 2012 London Olympics.[2]
Medrano was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on January 26, 1990, and swam for the Acuatica Nelson Vargas Club.[3]
She attended and swam for Texas A&M University under Hall of Fame Head Coach Steve Bultman.[4][5] As a Freshman swimmer at A&M in April, 2009, she broke the Mexican National record for the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:01.38, taking nearly a second off Teresa Victor's prior record of 1:02.37. Medrano held all of Mexico's national records in the butterfly, and also broke the record for the Mexican national title in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:55.17. She also held the record in a relay event.[6][7]
