| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Javiera Salcedo |
| National team | |
| Born | (1977-11-29)29 November 1977 (age 47) San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | JCC Buenos Aires |
Javiera Salcedo (born November 29, 1977) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She blasted an Argentine record of 1:11.79 to pull off a fifth-place effort in the100 m breaststroke at the2007 Pan American Games inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][3]
Salcedo qualified for thewomen's 100 m breaststroke at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:12.08 from the Spanish Spring Open Championships inCadiz.[4][5] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 15-year-oldsAnnabelle Carey of New Zealand andLee Ji-Young of South Korea. She edged out Philippines'Jaclyn Pangilinan to take a fourth spot by one hundredth of a second (0.01) in 1:12.46. Salcedo failed to advance into the semifinals, as she shared a twenty-ninth place tie with Greece'sAikaterini Sarakatsani in the preliminaries.[6][7]
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