Fill in the Blanks Claudia PollOnline version Complete the text about Claudia Poll with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses. Use the simple past. by Jorge Gomez 1 Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens holds a distinct place among Costa Ricans , as the only Costa Rican to ever win an Olympic gold medal . As a short - distance swimmer , she also has won more Olympic medals than any other Costa Rican . She ( attain ) this status during the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996 , winning the 200 - meter freestyle . Later , at the 2000 Sydney Games , she two bronze medals . Her gold ( be ) not only the first for a Costa Rican , but for any person from Central America . Poll was born in Nicaragua on December 21 , 1972 to parents who had emigrated from Germany . Her family ( move ) to Costa Rica when she ( be ) very young after an earthquake and rising political tensions . Her family includes her older sister , Silvia , also an Olympic medal - winning swimmer . Aside from swimming , Poll ( graduate ) from university with a degree in Business Administration in 1998 . She had her first child , a daughter , in 2007 , just a year after setting records at the Central American and Caribbean Games .
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