Antonella Bogarín

Who is Antonella Bogarín?

Antonella Bogarín is an Argentine swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon events. Bogarin qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing twelfth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Bogarin swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year old American Chloe Sutton. Bogarin finished the race in twenty-fourth place, with a total time of 2:11:35.9, approximately twelve minutes behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.