Marianela Quesada Barrantes (born April 17, 1988) is a

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swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented Costa Rica at the

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; she currently holds the Costa Rican national record in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle. Quesada received a Universality invitation from

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to compete as Costa Rica's lone female swimmer in the 50 m freestyle at the

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. Swimming on the outside in heat six, Quesada could not beat the vastly experienced field to round out the race in last with a time of 28.11. Quesada failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed fifty-seventh overall out of 92 swimmers in the prelims.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1988 births Living people Costa Rican female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Costa Rica Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Costa Rican female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from San José, Costa Rica 20th-century Costa Rican women 21st-century Costa Rican sportswomen {{CostaRica-swimming-bio-stub