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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Puerto Rican swimmer (born 1984)}}<br />
{{for|the Cuban–American writer and artist|Vanessa Garcia (artist)}}<br />
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{{family name hatnote|García|Vega|lang=Spanish}} <br />
{{Infobox swimmer<br />
| name=Vanessa García<br />
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| fullname = Vanessa M. García Vega<br />
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| nationality = {{PUR}}<br />
| strokes = Freestyle<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|7|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Vega Baja, Puerto Rico]]<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan Am Games}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | 50m Free}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | 100m Free}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|Central American & Caribbean Games}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]]|50 Free}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]]|100 Free}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]]|100 Free}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayaguez]]|50 Free}}<br />
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'''Vanessa García Vega''' (born July 18, 1984, in [[Vega Baja, Puerto Rico]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/8000022.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: GARCIA VEGA Vanessa |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917095641/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/2/8000022.shtml |archive-date=September 17, 2008 |access-date=}}</ref> is an Olympic and [[List of Puerto Rican records in swimming|National Record]] holding [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]] from [[Puerto Rico]]. She swam for her native country at the [[Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], [[Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]], and [[Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite Sports-Reference |title=Vanessa García |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/vanessa-garcia-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094020/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/vanessa-garcia-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref><br />
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García's silver medal in the 50 freestyle, and bronze in the 100 at the [[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Pan American Games]] were Puerto Rico's only swimming medals at the Games.<br />
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She additionally has four gold medals from the Central American and Caribbean Games, having one gold in the 50 and 100 free in both 2006 and 2010. She holds the Central American and Caribbean Games record in the 50 freestyle, set at the 2010 games in Mayahuez, Puerto Rico.<br />
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At the [[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Central American and Caribbean Games]], García set the [[List of Central American and Caribbean Games records in swimming|Games Records]] in winning the 50 and 100 frees.<ref>[http://www.cartagena2006.gov.co/SP/showpage.aspx?d=NAT&n=4,1,1,1,2 Women's 50 free results from the 2006 CACs; retrieved June 21, 2009]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.cartagena2006.gov.co/SP/showpage.aspx?d=NAT&n=4,1,1,2,2 Women's 100 free results from the 2006 CACs; retrieved June 21, 2009]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1984 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Puerto Rican female freestyle swimmers]]<br />
[[Category:Puerto Rican female swimmers]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games]]<br />
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games]]<br />
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Pan American Games swimmers for Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming]]<br />
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming]]<br />
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico]]<br />
[[Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games]]<br />
[[Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games]]<br />
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Puerto Rican women]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Puerto Rican sportswomen]]<br />
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