Enriqueta Duarte

Enriqueta Corina Duarte Ibarra García was an Argentine swimmer. From Buenos Aires, she was successful from a young age and won many national championships in the 1940s. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in three events. Three years later, she became the first Latin American woman to swim the English Channel on 16 August 1951. Duarte later competed in masters swimming events and won many national and international masters championships.