Samantha Paxinos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Samantha Paxinos |
| National team |
 Botswana |
| Born |
25 February 1988 Gaborone, Botswana |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Samantha Paxinos (born February 25, 1988) is a Botswana swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She became one of the first ever Botswana swimmers, alongside John Kamyuka, to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the first female to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.[2]
Paxinos received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for the Botswana team in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2][3] Swimming as the fastest entrant in heat three, Paxinos scorched her way to the top of the field, but fell behind the winner Olivia Aya Nakitanda of Uganda by more than half a second with a second-place time in 29.91. Paxinos failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed seventieth overall out of ninety-two swimmers in the prelims.[4]
References
- ↑ "Samantha Paxinos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- 1 2 Bogosing, Tshepho (6 April 2008). "Historic local swimmers off to the Olympic Games". Sunday Standard. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ "Paxinos ready for Olympics challenge". Mmegi. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 December 2012.