Tracy Ann Route (born February 23, 1985) is a Micronesian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and holds numerous Pacific age group records in the freestyle and butterfly (both 50 and 100 m). She was the first woman to represent the Federated States of Micronesia at the Olympics. When Micronesia marked its Olympic debut at the

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, Route competed as a 15-year-old in the women's 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat one, she rounded out a field to last place and forty-ninth overall against Swaziland's Lisa de la Motte and Malta's Angela Galea with a slowest time of 1:13.53. At the

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, Route decided to swim only for the 50 m freestyle. She received a Universality place from

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in an entry time of 32.44. She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds

Sameera Al-Bitar Sameera Al Bitar, sometimes listed as "Samira" or "Al-Bitar", (born February 21, 1990, in Jordan), is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Bahrain. She was one of the first Muslim women representing an Arabian Peninsula country to swim in the Olympic ...

of Bahrain and

Christal Clashing Christal Ariana Clashing O'Reilly (born 8 September 1989) is an Antiguan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She also completed a Trans-Atlantic crossing as part of an all-woman team. As a one-time Olympian (2004), she is coac ...

of Antigua and Barbuda. She posted a lifetime best of 31.26 to earn a third spot by 0.26 of a second behind joint winners Al-Bitar and

Ghazal El Jobeili Ghazal El Jobeili (; born April 8, 1986) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. El Jobeili qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from ...

of Lebanon. Route failed to advance into the semifinals, as she shared a sixty-fifth place tie with Maldives'

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on the last day of prelims.

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* 1985 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Federated States of Micronesia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Federated States of Micronesia female freestyle swimmers Female butterfly swimmers {{Micronesia-swimming-bio-stub