Angela López

Angela López

Personal information
National team	Puerto Rico
Born	(1955-12-02) 2 December 1955 (age 69)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
College team	University of Pittsburgh

Angela López (born 2 December 1955) is a Puerto Rican former swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1976 Summer Olympics for Puerto Rico including the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke events and as a member of the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter medley relay teams.^[1] She also competed in the 1975 Pan American Games for Puerto Rico.^[2]

College

López competed at the University of Pittsburgh where she earned All-American status in 200m breast in 1974, the first woman swimmer at the university to obtain that achievement, and also earned All-American status in the 100m breast in 1975.^[3] She was inducted into the university's athletic hall of fame in 2022.^[4]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angela López Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
2. "Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame: Angela Lopez". University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
3. "Pitt Swimming and Diving History". 2011-2012 Pitt Swimming and Diving (PDF). University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics. 2011. p. 73. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
4. Dipaola, Jerry (11 August 2022). "Pro football greats Rickey Jackson, Russ Grimm join 7 All-Americans in Pitt's 2022 Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved 16 October 2024.