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Luisa Portocarrero

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Luisa Portocarrero
Full nameLuisa Fernanda Portocarrero Diaz
Country represented Guatemala
Born (1977-05-05) May 5, 1977 (age 47)
Guatemala
Disciplineartistic gymnastic
ClubSport Seneca
College teamUCLA Bruins
(1995–99)
Head coach(es)Valorie Kondos Field (UCLA)
Retired1995 of elite representing Guatemala
Medal record
Representing  Guatemala
Women's artistic gymnastics
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Balance Beam

Luisa Fernanda Portocarrero Diaz (born May 05, 1977) is a Guatemalan artistic gymnast. As an elite level gymnast, she represented Guatemala at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain.[1] In addition to the Olympics, she participated in the 1991 Pan American Games; winning a bronze in the balance beam. She placed as high as twelfth in the world at the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships also. Throughout her elite career, she trained at Sport Seneca, in Canada.[2]

Following her elite career, she competed for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team, at the University of California, Los Angeles – contributing to the team's first National title in 1997.[3]

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