Eileen Coparropa
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Full name | Eileen Marie Coparropa Alemán | |||||||||||||||
Nationality | Panama | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Panama |
March 31, 1981 |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eileen Mary Coparropa Alemán (born March 31, 1981 in Panama City) is a female freestyle swimmer from Panama, who won a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 50m freestyle event at the Pan American Games. Nicknamed "La Sirena de Oro" she represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
At the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, she finished 5th in the 50-meter freestyle.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Coparropa finished 32nd in the 50-meter freestyle.
At the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, she won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle. She also finished 9th in the 100-meter freestyle.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Coparropa finished 27th in the 50-meter freestyle, and 32nd in the 100-meter freestyle.
At the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, she won a bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle. She also finished 5th in the 100-meter freestyle.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Coparropa finished 14th in the 50-meter freestyle, and 30th in the 100-meter freestyle.