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Virginia Farmer
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Born	October 19, 1975 (age 48); San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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Virginia Farmer (born October 19, 1975) is an American Samoan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] At age thirty-two, Farmer made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. She finished third in the fourth heat by twelve hundredths of a second (0.12) behind Swaziland's Senele Dlamini, with a time of 28.82 seconds. Farmer, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed sixty-second out of ninety-two swimmers in the overall rankings.^[2]

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Virginia Farmer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Virginia Farmer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

[2] "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

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-'''Virginia Farmer''' (born October 19, 1975 in [[San Luis Obispo, California]], [[United States]]) is an American Samoan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Virginia Farmer|https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/virginia-farmer-1.html|9 January 2013}}</ref> At age thirty-two, Farmer made her official debut for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], where she competed in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|women's 50 m freestyle]]. She finished third in the fourth heat by twelve hundredths of a second (0.12) behind Swaziland's [[Senele Dlamini]], with a time of 28.82 seconds. Farmer, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed sixty-second out of ninety-two swimmers in the overall rankings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW010900/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=9 January 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW010900/index.html|archivedate=21 August 2012|df=}}</ref>
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+'''Virginia Farmer''' (born October 19, 1975) is an American Samoan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Virginia Farmer|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/virginia-farmer-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/virginia-farmer-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 9 January 2013}}</ref> At age thirty-two, Farmer made her official debut for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], where she competed in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle|women's 50 m freestyle]]. She finished third in the fourth heat by twelve hundredths of a second (0.12) behind Swaziland's [[Senele Dlamini]], with a time of 28.82 seconds. Farmer, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed sixty-second out of ninety-two swimmers in the overall rankings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW010900/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=9 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW010900/index.html|archivedate=21 August 2012}}</ref>
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-*[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64622/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120823145049/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64622/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile]
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+[[Category:American Samoan female freestyle swimmers]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from San Luis Obispo, California]]
+[[Category:21st-century American women]]
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