Florencia Szigeti is a female freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 swimmer from Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004), and won a silver medal in the women's 100 m freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games

2003 Pan American Games

The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....

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A 1999 graduate of Colegio Universitario Central (Mendoza, Argentina) Szigetei was a member of the Mendoza de Regatas swim club. She earned a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in the 100 m freestyle, setting a South American long course record in the process (55.92). She also became the South American champion in the 100 m freestyle in 2000, while second in the 200 m freestyle. Szigeti represented Argentina at the 1999, 2001 and 2003 World Championships, and the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games.