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Gretchen Gotay Cordero (born August 14, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events.[1] She won a total of four medals (2 golds and 2 bronze) in both freestyle and medley relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games (1998, 2002, and 2006).[2] She is a member of Athens Bulldogs Swim Club under her personal coach Harvey Humphries, and a graduate with a master's degree in sports management at the University of Georgia in Athens.[3]

Gretchen Gotay

Personal information
Full name	Gretchen Gotay Cordero
National team	Puerto Rico
Born	(1980-08-14) 14 August 1980 (age 41) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke
Club	Athens Bulldogs Swim Club (U.S.)
Coach	Harvey Humphries
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo 4×200 m freestyle 2002 San Salvador 4×200 m freestyle 2002 San Salvador 4×100 m freestyle 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley

Gotay qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke, as a member of the Puerto Rico team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She posted a meet-record and a FINA B-standard of 2:19.89 from the Caribbean Championships in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4] She participated in the first heat, against two other swimmers Saida Iskandarova of Uzbekistan, and Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong, who carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony. She raced to second place by a 4.56-second margin behind winner Tsai, outside her entry time of 2:23.39. Gotay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

External links

• Profile – Río Piedras Hall of Fame (in Spanish)

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