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María Teresa Ramírez

swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ4389746 ↗
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María Teresa Ramírez Gómez (born August 15, 1954, in Mexico City) is a Mexican former freestyle and backstroke swimmer. She represented Mexico at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Mexico City (1968). She won the bronze medal in the Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “María Teresa Ramírez” as swimmer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around María, Teresa and Ramírez.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1954, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-08-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with María, Teresa and Ramírez providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4389746. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954 and 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “María Teresa Ramírez” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.