Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Chile |
Occupation |
Athlete, Student |
Languages |
Spanish |
Higher education |
Nursing - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile [UC]: Santiago, CHI |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up the sport at age five in Santiago, Chile. |
Why this sport? |
She followed her family into the sport. "The sport was popular in my family because my mother practised it and my grandmother was a judge." |
Club / Team |
Estadio Espanol: Santiago, CHI |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Isi (eespanol.cl, 29 Aug 2017) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Finishing seventh in the duet at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and second in the team event at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia. (santiago2023.org, 28 Jan 2021) |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Soledad Soto. (farodeportivo.cl, 07 Mar 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
Russian artistic swimmer Natalia Ishchenko. (deportes.uc.cl, 01 Sep 2017) |
Famous relatives |
Her brother Martin represented Chile in basque pelota at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (eldeportero.cl, 08 Aug 2019; vidauniversitaria.uc.cl, 07 Aug 2019) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and at the Olympic Games. (santiago2023.org, 28 Jan 2021; deportes.uc.cl, 01 Sep 2017) |
Other information |
FRONT LINE
She worked part-time as a volunteer nursing assistant at the University of Los Andes Clinic in Santiago, Chile, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. "I'm there as a nursing technician so I'm focused on checking vital signs, changing bed clothing, and washing patients. What has shocked me the most is seeing people in a very bad state, all alone because no one could visit them, so I had to be a little bit happier in order to cheer them up. The shifts are also very long and I am very tired when I finish. It's very busy, but there has been a lot of comradeship." (deportes.uc.cl, 01 Sep 2020; farodeportivo.cl, 15 Jun 2020) |
