Golda Marcus
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Golda Lee Marcus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 15, 1983 Nahuizalco, El Salvador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Distance Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Florida State Seminoles (2001-2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Golda Lee Marcus (born March 15, 1983, in Nahuizalco, El Salvador)[1] is a two-time Olympic swimmer from El Salvador. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. As of June 2009, she holds the Salvadoran records in the 400, 800, and 1500 meter freestyles.
In 2001, she won 7 gold and 2 silver medals at the 2001 Central American Games, and 2 golds and 3 bronzes at the CCCAN Championships. At the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, she garnered bronze medals in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyles.
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won bronze medals in the women's 1500m freestyle and the 4x200 freestyle relay.
At the 2007 CCCANs, she won the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyles, and finished second in the 200 meter butterfly.
She also swam for El Salvador at the 2003 and 2007 World Championships, and at the 2007 Pan American Games.
She has previously coached De Anza Cupertino Aquatics, and as of 2020, she is currently coaching Burlingame Aquatics Club (BAC) in California. She teaches at Saratoga High School with competitive swimmers. [2]
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Golda Marcus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
- ^ Marcus' bio page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Coaches page Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine from the DACA website; retrieved 2009-06-19.
  | This biographical article related to a Salvadoran swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for El Salvador
- Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Salvadoran female swimmers
- Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador
- Florida State Seminoles women's swimmers
- Expatriate swimmers in the United States
- Salvadoran female freestyle swimmers
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for El Salvador
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
- North American swimming biography stubs
- Salvadoran sportspeople stubs