Personal information | |
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Full name | Heysi Villarreal Navarro |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Havana, Cuba | August 26, 1986
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Heysi Villarreal (born 26 August 1986 in Havana, Cuba) [1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Cuba. She was Cuba's only female swimmer at the 2008 Olympics. [2]
She also represented Cuba at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
In March 2008, she lowered the Cuban records in the 200 and 800 frees to 2:03.56 and 9:07.50. [3] She lowered the 200 free time again at the 2008 Olympics (2:03.23). [4]
In April 2008, she was the top athlete at the IV Cuban Sport Olympiad, winning 8 events and finishing second in 2 others. [5]
At the 2008 Caribbean Island Swimming Championships, in the 18-year-old and older age group, she finished: first in the 200, 400 and 800 frees; second in the 100 free, 100 fly and 200 Individual Medley; and third in the 50 free and 50 back. [6]