Luisa Portocarrero

Luisa Portocarrero
— Gymnast ♀ —
Full name Luisa Fernanda Portocarrero Diaz
Country represented  Guatemala
Born (1976-10-27) October 27, 1976
Guatemala
Club Sport Seneca
College team UCLA Bruins
(1995–99)
Head coach(es) Valorie Kondos Field (UCLA)

Luisa Fernanda Portocarrero Diaz (born October 27, 1976) is a Guatemalan artistic gymnast. As an elite level gymnast, she represented Guatemala at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain.[1] In addition to the Olympics, she participated in the 1991 Pan American Games; winning a bronze in the balance beam. She placed as high as twelfth in the world at the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships also. Throughout her elite career, she trained at Sport Seneca, in Canada.[2]

Following her elite career, she competed for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team, at the University of California, Los Angeles – contributing to the team's first National title in 1997.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/luisa-portocarrero-1.html
  2. ↑ http://www.gymbits.com/training/sport-seneca-style/
  3. ↑ http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/NCAA-W/97-aa.html


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