The four-time Olympic medalist has been coaching the U.S. team since 2018
The coach knows a thing or two about competing in the Olympics as she won four medals for her native country of Spain.
“I always think that for me this is the craziest sport ever. If you think about it, it's not made for humans,” Fuentes said. “We are upside down in an environment that we cannot breathe, that it's not solid. On top of it, without goggles we cannot see when we compete.”But her love and passion, which was instilled in her when she caught the artistic swimming bug while watching the sport during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, have led her to excel as an athlete and now as a coach.
When Fuentes began coaching the U.S. in 2018, she knew she had to pull Team USA from the bottom after American swimmers had failed to qualify for the Olympics since 2008.
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