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Silvia Poll has competed for Costa Rica Silvia Poll has won 1 silver medal at the Olympic Games 

Silvia Poll is a swimmer who has competed for Costa Rica. She competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. She set a historic record as the first-ever athlete from Costa Rica to win an Olympic medal.

At her first Olympics in 1988, Poll became the country's first-ever Olympic medalist when she scored a silver behind the winner Heike Friedrich in the 200 metres freestyle final. Moreover, she improved her own national record to crack the 1:59 threshold. She also entered the finals of the 100 metres freestyle and 100 metres backstroke but could not replicate her podium feat in any of her races.

Four years later in Barcelona, Poll shifted her attention to swim in the backstroke double instead of her usual freestyle. Almost similar to her results from Seoul, she fared poorly in her respective races, placing seventh in the 200 and landing on the fifteenth spot in the B-finals of the 100.

She is the older sister of Atlanta 1996 champion Claudia Poll.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
1988 Women's 100m freestyle 5th
Women's 200m freestyle Silver
Women's 100m backstroke 6th
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay 12th
Women's 4x100m medley relay 15th
1992 Women's 100m backstroke 15th
Women's 200m backstroke 7th

1988[]

Discipline Round Time
100 metres freestyle Heats 56.16 NR
A Final 55.90 NR
200 metres freestyle Heats 1:59.22 NR
A Final 1:58.67 NR
100 metres backstroke Heats 1:03.21 NR
A Final 1:03.34
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:59.67
(57.90 split)
Final Did not advance
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 4:31.75
(1:04.02 split)
Final Did not advance

1992[]

Discipline Round Time
100 metres backstroke Heats 1:02.88 NR
B Final 1:03.57
200 metres backstroke Heats 2:11.66 NR
A Final 2:12.97
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