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{{Short description|Mexican swimmer (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Teresa Rivera
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| fullname = Teresa Rivera Pastrana
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| strokes = Freestyle, Backstroke
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1966|4|24}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico]]
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| height = {{height|m=1.61|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games|100m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games|4x100m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games|4x100m medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games|4x100m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games|4x100m medley]]}}
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'''Teresa Rivera Pastrana''' (born April 24, 1966) is a former female [[backstroke]] and [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] from [[Mexico]]. She participated in two consecutive [[Summer Olympics]] for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]. She won three bronze medals at the Panamerican games in 1979.
She later retired from swimming and became a teacher teaching Health 101 to Freshmen at the American School Foundation of Mexico City.  Also, she is the head of the swimming department swimming at ASF.

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/teresa-rivera-1.html Profile]

==External links==
{{Footer CAC Champions 100m Backstroke Women}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 200m Backstroke Women}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 400m Medley Women}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}

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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mexican female backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Mexican female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Houston Cougars women's swimmers]]
[[Category:Mexican expatriate swimmers in the United States]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Mexico]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Mexican sportswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century Mexican women]]


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