Patricia Castro


Patricia Castro Ortega is a Spanish freestyle and relay swimmer, who was selected to the national team to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She competed in the Swimming at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay], along with her teammates Mireia [Belmonte García], Melania Costa, and Lydia Morant. She and her team placed tenth in the heats, with a time of 7:54.59, breaking their List of Spanish [records in swimming|national swimming record], but failing to advance into the finals.
Castro is a student at Queens University of Charlotte, and formerly a member of Club Natació Terrassa