Georgina Bardach

Georgina Bardach Martin (born August 18, 1983 in Córdoba) is a swimmer from Argentina. At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, she finished third in the 400 m Individual Medley race. She also won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bardach and the second or maternal family name is Martin.
Georgina Bardach
Personal information
Full nameGeorgina Bardach Martin
Nationality Argentina
Born (1983-08-18) August 18, 1983
Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual Medley
Medal record
Women’s swimming
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 400 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place2002 Moscow400 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo Domingo400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2007 Rio[1]400 m medley

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 400 m Individual Medley competition. Her time was 4:37.51.[3] Bardach also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2008 Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Olympics in London but did not advance out of the preliminary heats.

Georgina won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

At the Brazilian Swimming Championship of May 2006, Georgina broke the South American record for 200 meters backstroke in long course swim pools with 2:17.033 seconds, 6 milliseconds ahead of Fabíola Molina's 1997 mark.

In 2010 she was granted the Platinum Konex Award as the best swimmer of the last decade in Argentina.

See also

References
  1. "Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  2. "Swimming Results". Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  3. "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2007-07-22.


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