Fabiola Pulga Molina

Birthday: 5/22/75

Height: 1.78 m

Weight: 62 kgs

Hometown: São Jose dos Campos - SP - Brazil

College: University of Tennessee

Teams: Fadenp, ADN Swim project, AESJ (Brazil) and Ispra (Italy)

Coach: Andrea Di Nino

Events/ Best Performances:

50 back: 29.02

100 back: 1.01.98

100 fly: 1.01.17

Experience (Competitions/ Travels):

• Olympic swimmer Sydney 2000
• World University games 1997- silver medal
• Pan American Games 1995 - 2 bronze medals
• 1999 - 1 bronze medal
• 2007- 1 silver and 1 bronze medal
• 71 times Brazilian Champion
• 5 South American Records and 7 Brazilian records
• Member of the Brazilian National team in 7 World Championships
• (95, 98, 99, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Nicknames/Aliases: Fab, Fa

Hardest workout:

10x400 IM being 150 fly, 50 bk, 150 breat, 50 free on 5.45

What advice do you have for other swimmers?

Swim for yourself and enjoy the road to your goal, not only the destination.

What are your swimming goals?

improve more and more and enjoy doing it

Person you admire and why?

My husband, because of his passion for life and his kind heart.

Most Embarrassing Moment:

First year at college when I did not know English and I told everyone to call me Fabulous, but I did not know the meaning of the word.

What's your favorite book/ movie?

What's your favorite band?

I like all kinds of music but country.

Why do you love to race?

Because it pushes my limits, makes me grow and it is fun.