Sofía Gómez Uribe

Sofía Gómez Uribe was born in Pereira, Colombia on April 15th 1992. She studied in the Inmaculado Corazón de María school where she graduated with honors in the year 2008. Since she was 10 years old, she has been practicing underwater sports. She started as a Synchronized swimmer, which she practiced for a year and in 2002, started her life as a Finswimmer, sport that she would practice until 2014. After graduating highschool, she moved to Bogotá and then to Medellín, where she continues living,  to study Civil Engineering and to continue finswimming.

Since 2009 she competes for Antioquia and even though she wasn't born there, she feels she is an "antioqueña de corazón".
Sofía started training and competing freediving in 2011, when, almost by accident she discovered her passion for the sport. Since then she has had outstanding performances in both national and international freediving competitions, reaching first places and obtaining more than 6 national records. She now holds 3 Pan American and 1 South American records, in pool and depht freediving. 

Apart from being a sucsessful freediver, Sofía is also a Civil Engineer, degree she achived last year, graduating from the Universidad de Medellín.

See Sofia's AIDA ranking.