ARANGO ESTRADA Monica

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 5 Jun 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MEDELLIN

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : MEDELLIN

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Duet COL Colombia	18

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Technical Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Duet
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	PR (160.803)

World Championships

Year	Location	Solo TR	Solo FR	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team TR	Team FR
2019	Gwangju, KOR	PR (78.880)	PR (78.400)	PR (79.164)	PR (79.033)	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	-	PR (77.878)	PR (79.800)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	PR (77.906)	PR (79.167)	-	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	PR (77.700)	PR (77.430)	-	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	PR (75.600)	-	PR (75.000)	PR (76.780)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Duet	Team
2019	Lima, PER	5th (159.771)	5th (158.308)

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Psychology - University of Antioquia, Medellin, COL

Languages spoken:

Shara Munera [national]; Paula Garcia [national]

She experienced constant headaches and high blood pressure in the early part of 2019, which prevented her from training for three weeks. (elcolombiano.com, 20 Apr 2019)

She joined the Estrellas de Antioquia club in Colombia at age four. (elheraldo.co 01 May 2016; natacionlatina.org, 06 Jan 2010)

"My family enrolled me in a swimming course when I was a child. From there, I moved to the High Performance Initiation and Formation Centre [CIFAR], where coach Celia Torrado discovered my talent for synchronised swimming and diving. I opted for synchronised swimming because I thought the movements were more aesthetic. This sport has been my passion ever since." (elmundo.com, 18 Feb 2015; producciondeprensanatoro.blogspot.com, 16 Nov 2009)

General Interest

General
DUET PARTNER
She teamed up with Estefania Alvarez Piedrahita in 2012. "I am not as flexible as Estefania. We have a very nice rapport, she is very good with her arms and I am better than her with the legs. She is a very serious person and she is the one who helps me keep my feet on the ground, I am more passionate." (elheraldo.co 01 May 2016; Teleantioquia Deportes YouTube channel, 04 Jun 2015)

SWIMMING CLUB
In 2017 she and Estefania Alvarez Piedrahita, as well as their coach Paula Garcia, founded AquaSwim club in Medellin, Colombia. "It is different being a pupil than sharing knowledge, but it is a beautiful energy. The girls always receive you with a hug and they are very attentive to what I do." (elcolombiano.com, 06 Jan 2019; uniminutoradio.com.co, 27 Feb 2017; noticiascaracoltv.com, 26 Feb 2017)

Milestones

She and her duet partner Estefania Alvarez Piedrahita became the first Colombian artistic swimmers to compete at the Olympic Games when they took part in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jun 2019; medellin.unal.edu.co, 20 Apr 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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