GARCIA URZAINQUI Marina

Date of Birth: 6 Jun 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BARCELONA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : BARCELONA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Breaststroke

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Breaststroke - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2012	London, GBR	H (1:08.64)	H (2:27.57)	H (4:03.05)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast	4x100Medley W
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	H (2:27.46)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	H (1:07.97)	SF (2:25.52)	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	SF (31.24)	7th (1:07.08)	6th (2:23.55)	H (4:03.79)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	SF (1:08.81)	SF (2:25.79)	H (4:03.98)
2009	Rome, ITA	-	H (1:09.07)	H (2:26.69)	-

European Championships

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (1:08.69)	7th (2:25.76)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	6th (1:07.55)	4th (2:23.63)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Breast	200IndMed
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	8th (2:20.33)	H (DNS)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Health Studies - University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Catalan, English, Spanish

CN Sabadell [Spain]

Jose Antonio del Castillo [club]; Alex Lopez [club], ESP; Fred Vergnoux [national], FRA

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Guillem has represented Spain in water polo, and competed in the 2019 World League Super Final. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jan 2020; calbears.com, 01 Jan 2015)

She had to spend three days in a hospital while competing at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hanzhou, People's Republic of China, after a chicken bone got lodged in her throat during dinner. She was still able to compete in the 200m breaststroke at the event. (antena3.com, 13 Dec 2018; marca.com, 10 Dec 2018)

She began swimming at age three in Barcelona, Spain. She started training at age 10. (prezi.com, 17 Feb 2014; rawsuperdrink.com, 29 Jul 2019)

"I actually started swimming because I had a club right by my house in Barcelona. I started to swim with my friends, it was kind of fun, but I didn't really like racing. But I tried it and loved it from the first time and since then I always dreamed about being in the Olympic Games." (rawsuperdrink.com, 29 Jul 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mundodeportivo.com, 24 Mar 2019)

Competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (rawsuperdrink.com, 29 Jul 2019)

Philosophy:

"The best is yet to come." (rawsuperdrink.com, 29 Jul 2019)

General Interest

General
COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
She believes her time studying and competing for the University of California, Berkeley in the United States of America has improved her swimming, both physically and mentally. "There are details that are not worked physically in Spain but in the United States are practised, because competitions are held in a shorter pool. Swimming in a 25-yard pool gave me technical aspects that I did not have before. I have also improved in psychological aspects, especially in how I face competition. I am more confident of my possibilities." (mundodeportivo.com, 16 Nov 2018, 13 Aug 2014; lesportiudecatalunya.cat, 13 Apr 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a post-graduate degree in nutrition, sports performance and health at the Open University of Catalonia in Spain. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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