Duane Da Rocha Marcé (born 7 January 1988) is a Brazilian-born Spanish
swimmer
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. She has received medals for the
Mediterranean Games
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, World Championships and European Championships.
She won the 200 metres backstroke gold medal in the 2014 European Swimming Championships in Berlin (Germany).
She was born in
Brasília
Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...
,
Distrito Federal
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, to a Brazilian mother (Soraia da Rocha) and a Spanish father (José María Marcé).
References
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brasília
Sportspeople of Brazilian descent
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Brazilian people of Spanish descent
Spanish female backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Spain
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Brazilian emigrants to Spain
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Spain
21st-century Spanish sportswomen
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