Luana Alonso
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Luana Maria Alonso Mendez |
| Nationality |  Paraguay |
| Born | 19 March 2004 Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Education | |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming and Diving |
| Event | 50 100 & 200 butterfly |
| College team | |
| League | National Collegiate Athletic Association - NCAA Division I |
Luana María Alonso Mendez[a] (born 19 March 2004) is a retired Paraguayan swimmer born in Asunción, Paraguay.
She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event of the 2020 Summer Olympics[1] and holds multiple Paraguayan records in the butterfly discipline.[2]
Alonso attended Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia both in the United States for her university studies where she played for the SMU Mustangs and Virginia Tech Hokies respectively in National Collegiate Athletic Association - NCAA Division I, Swimming & Diving.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming - ALONSO Luana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Luana Alonso: "El team Paraguay está listo para hacer historia"". La Nación (in Spanish). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Luana Alonso - Women's Swimming & Diving". SMU Athletics. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "Swimming & Diving 2021-22". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
External links
[edit]- Virginia Tech Hokies bio
- Luana Alonso at World Aquatics
- Luana Alonso at SwimRankings.net
- Luana Alonso at Olympics.com
- Luana Alonso at Olympedia
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