Valerie Gruest (born 14 March 1999) is a Guatemalan

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who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Gruest was born on 14 March 1999. She took four national swimming records before she joined

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in Illinois in 2015. The Sports Writers’ Association of Guatemala voted her "Rookie Athlete" of the year.Northwestern commit Valerie Gruest Slowing..
Swimswam.com, Retrieved 8 August 2016 Gruest competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle and 800m freestyle events at the

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* 1999 births Living people Guatemalan female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Guatemala Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games competitors for Guatemala Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Guatemalan female freestyle swimmers 21st-century Guatemalan sportswomen {{Guatemala-swimming-bio-stub