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Place of Birth: Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
About Imelda Martínez
- Imelda Martínez Gómez (born July 16, 1982 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.
- Martinez qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing seventh in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
- Martinez swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton.
- Martinez finished the race in twentieth place, with a time of 2:01:07.9, one minute and forty seconds (1:40) behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.
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