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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| |
'''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|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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Revision as of 23:00, 19 September 2019
Virginia Farmer (born October 19, 1975 in San Luis Obispo, California, United States) 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]
References
- ^ 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 2016-12-04. 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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