Pangilinan, Jaclyn

Sport:

Swimming

Birthdate:

May 29, 1986

Hometown:

Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Pangilinan, Jaclyn
Pangilinan, Jaclyn
Pangilinan, Jaclyn
Swimming

Born,

May 29, 1986
Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Jaclyn Pangilinan is a Filipino-American swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events, and has competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In the 100 m breaststroke, Pangilinan challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat. Swimming in lane eight, she eclipsed a personal best of 1:12.47 and picked up a fifth spot and thirty-first overall by four tenths of a second (0.40). In the 200 m breaststroke, she blasted a new Filipino record of 2:33.38. She missed the semifinals by more than a second, as she placed twentieth overall in the preliminaries. Pangilinan is also a a two-time Filipino record holder, a four-time Ivy League champion (2005, 2006, and 2008) in the 100 and 200m breaststroke, and a multiple-time medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (2005 and 2007).

During the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Pangilinan won a total of two medals: a silver in the 200m breaststroke (2:35.58) and a bronze in the 100 m breaststroke (1:12.73). She claimed four bronze medals in the same stroke and medley relays in her second SEA Games stint in 2007.

GAMES


2004 Summer Olympics, Athens

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