Xenia Peni

Xenia Peni

Personal information
Full name	Xenia Peni
National team	Papua New Guinea
Born	28 February 1983 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke

Xenia Peni (born February 28, 1983) is a Papua New Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1] Peni represented Papua New Guinea, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's first female flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[2]

Peni competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:18.58.^[3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia's 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola's Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She trailed behind Cruz in a spirited challenge by five-hundredths of a second (0.05) to round out the field in 1:19.62. Peni failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the prelims.^[5][6]

References

1. "Xenia Peni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. "Toea Wisil will be PNG’s flag bearer". Pacnews. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
3. "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
4. "Xenia smashes swim records". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 24 August 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 258. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
6. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.