Rita Medrano

Mexican swimmer (born 1990)

Rita Medrano
Personal information
Full name	Rita Medrano Muñoz
National team	Mexico
Born	(1990-01-26) January 26, 1990 (age 34) Aguascalientes, Mexico^[1]
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) was 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]

2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she competed in the women's 200-metre butterfly, finishing with a 2:11.42 in 23rd place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. Swimming for the United States, her A&M team mate Cammile Adams finished fifth in the competition with a 2:06.78.^[3]^[8] Another 2012 Olympian Kim Pavlin of Croatia, who finished 30th in the 200 IM event, had trained with her at Texas A&M. A total of eight other 2012 Olympic women swimmers had trained with her at A&M, including her Mexican Olympic team mates Erica Dittmer and Liliana Ibáñez.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Rita Medrano Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
^ "Rita Medrano Munoz". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Olympedia Bio, Rita Medrano". olympedia.org.
^ ^a ^b "Texas A&M Staff, Steve Bultman". 12thman.com.
^ ^a ^b "Kaufman, Sophie, Texas A&M Coach Steve Bultman Announces Retirement after 25 years". swimswam.com.
^ "Medrano Breaks Mexican 100 Fly Record, Qualifies for World Championships". 12thman.com.
^ "Texas A&M Athletes in the Olympics", Bryan College Station Eagle, Bryan, Texas, 26 July 2012, pg. 15
^ "Texas A&M's Adams reaches fly final", Bryan College Station Eagle, Bryan, Texas, 1 August 2012, pg. 17