TORREZ Karen

Date of Birth: 29 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: COCHABAMBA

Birth Country:

Bolivia

Place of residence : LA PAZ

Residence Country:

Bolivia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - Heat 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (26.16)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	H (57.78)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	100Back	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Free X	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (26.01)	H (57.37)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (26.16)	H (57.28)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (26.41)	H (57.93)	-	-	-	-	H (3:46.46)	H (4:12.49)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	H (26.69)	H (58.27)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	H (27.08)	H (58.05)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Rome, ITA	H (28.11)	H (59.42)	H (2:11.60)	H (1:07.90)	H (29.63)	H (1:05.64)	-	-
2007	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	H (29.55)	H (1:04.04)	-	H (1:10.78)	H (31.14)	H (1:08.47)	-	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	100Fly
2019	Lima, PER	6th (25.56)	6th (56.59)	Final B (1:01.80)

South American Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	4x200Free	4x100Medley W
2021	Buenos Aires, ARG	5th (26.54)	6th (57.98)	H (28.79)	H (1:04.69)	-	-
2018	Cochabamba, BOL	2nd (25.60)	2nd (56.41)	-	2nd (1:00.96)	5th	6th (4:33.38)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	400Free	100IndMed
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (25.53)	H (55.64)	-	-	-
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (25.28)	H (55.25)	H (2:01.89)	H (4:20.24)	H (1:04.27)

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

Bolivian Mermaid (noticiasfides.com, 09 Aug 2019)

Spending time with animals, listening to music. (Sin Filtro Bolivia YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019)

Occupation:

Medicine - University del Valle, Cochabamba, BOL

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Vanessa Mejia [personal]

Her parents signed her up for swimming lessons at age five. She began competing at age 10. (lostiempos.com, 21 Jul 2009, lostiempos.com, 26 Mar 2011; Sin Filtro Bolivia YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019)

She was restless as a young girl. She practised football, basketball, volleyball and dance, but chose swimming. "I compete because I love the sport. Of course, swimming in Bolivia is not as important as football, but it's something I can do to better my country." (sports.yahoo.com, 17 Oct 2011; Sin Filtro Bolivia YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019)

Winning three medals at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (Sin Filtro Bolivia YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019)

US swimmer Michael Phelps, Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini. (Facebook Interview, Futbol de Bolivia, 18 Apr 2011)

Philosophy:

"If you can dream it, you can do it." (Facebook profile, 06 Jul 2021)

She and fellow swimmer Gabriel Castillo were named flag bearers for Bolivia for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lostiempos.com, 09 Jul 2021)

She was flag bearer for Bolivia at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (elmundo.scz.in, 07 Jul 2012)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She has served as a swimming coach and plans to run her own swimming school after retiring from competition. "I would like to keep on teaching discipline and perseverance, so people can achieve their goals." (Sin Filtro Bolivia YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019; opinion.com.bo, 15 Jul 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
She has also studied for a degree in nutrition at the Higher University of San Andres in La Paz, Bolivia. (coca-coladebolivia.com.bo, 27 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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