Gretchen Gotay Cordero (born August 14, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. She won a total of four medals (2 golds and 2 bronze) in both freestyle and medley relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games (1998, 2002, and 2006). She is a member of Athens Bulldogs Swim Club under her personal coach Harvey Humphries, and a graduate with a master's degree in sports management at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Gotay qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke, as a member of the Puerto Rico team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She posted a meet-record and a FINA B-standard of 2:19.89 from the Caribbean Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. She participated in the first heat, against two other swimmers Saida Iskandarova of Uzbekistan, and Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong, who carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony. She raced to second place by a 4.56-second margin behind winner Tsai, outside her entry time of 2:23.39. Gotay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.

Gretchen Gotay

References

External links

Profile – Río Piedras Hall of Fame

1980 births

Living people

Puerto Rican female swimmers

Olympic swimmers for Puerto Rico

Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games

Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rican female freestyle swimmers

Female backstroke swimmers

Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico

University of Georgia alumni

Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico

Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico

Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games

Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming

Pan American Games competitors for Puerto Rico

Gretchen Gotay