Celina Márquez

Celina Márquez
Personal information
Full nameCarmen Celina Márquez Orellana
NationalitySalvadoran
Born (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999
San Salvador
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamNova Southeastern Sharks

Carmen Celina Márquez Orellana (born 16 July 1999)[1] is a Salvadoran swimmer. She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics and was a flag bearer in the opening ceremony at both. She swam for both the Oklahoma Baptist Bison and the Nova Southeastern Sharks.[2]

Career

Márquez began swimming at three years old.[3]

Márquez represented El Salvador at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics after winning events at the 2014 Central American and Mexican Swimming Championship,[4] finishing 27th in the 200 metre backstroke and 23rd at the 50 metre butterfly.[1] At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), she set a national record in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 28.81 and tied for 40th place.[5] She also set a national record in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:18.89 and finished 32nd.[6] She competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, finishing 45th in the 50 metre backstroke and 30th in the 200 metre backstroke.[7][8]

At the 2019 Pan American Games, Márquez set a national record in the heats of the 100 metre backstroke and advanced into the final, where she finished seventh. She also set a national record in the 200 metre backstroke.[9][10] She also competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, finishing 38th in the 100 metre backstroke and 42nd in the 100 metre butterfly.[11][12]

Márquez competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She and compatriot sailor Enrique Arathoon were named El Salvador's flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[13] She placed 36th in the 100 metre backstroke and 23rd in the 200 metre backstroke.[14] At the 2023 Pan American Games, she finished 16th in the 100 metre backstroke and 13th in the 200 metre backstroke.[15][16]

At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, Márquez finished 32nd in the 100 metre backstroke and 24th in the 200 metre backstroke.[17][18] She qualified to represent El Salvador at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre backstroke and was once again a flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[19] She finished 32nd in the heats with a time of 1:04.55.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Carmen Márquez". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Celina Marquez - Women's Swimming". Nova Southeastern University Athletics. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Swimming - MARQUEZ Celina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Celina Márquez clasifica a Nanjing". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 9 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Women's 50m Backstroke Heats Results". Omega Timing. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "200 metre backstroke Heats results". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "17th FINA World Championships Women's 50m Backstroke". Omega Timing. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "17th FINA World Championships Women's 200m Backstroke". Omega Timing. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "La nadadora salvadoreña Celina Márquez clasifica a la final de los 100 metros dorso en Panamericanos". La Pagina (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Celina Márquez acabó séptima en la final de 100 metros". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR) 12 - 28 July 2019 Women's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR) 12 - 28 July 2019 Women's 100m Butterfly" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Celina Márquez y Enrique Arathoon, los abanderados de El Salvador para Tokio 2020". International Olympic Committee (in Spanish). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Serrano, Rodrigo (29 July 2021). "Swimming: El Salvador's Celina Márquez departs Olympics". Diario AS. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Swimming - Women's 100m backstroke - Final Results" (PDF). Santiago 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Swimming - Women's 200m backstroke - Final Results" (PDF). Santiago 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Women's 100 metre backstroke Heats results" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  18. ↑ "Women's 200 metre backstroke Heats results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  19. ↑ "Celina Marquez to compete at 2024 Olympic Games". Nova Southeastern University Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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