Xenia Peni

{{short description|Papua New Guinean swimmer}}

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| birth_place = Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Xenia Peni (born February 28, 1983) is a Papua New Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Xenia Peni|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/xenia-peni-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004429/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/xenia-peni-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 19 June 2013}} Peni represented Papua New Guinea, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's first female flag bearer in the opening ceremony.{{cite news|title=Toea Wisil will be PNG’s flag bearer|url=http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=61194097650107a6ba74b7577ef741|publisher=Pacnews|date=26 July 2012|access-date=19 June 2013}}

Peni competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:18.58.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006003D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=14 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Xenia smashes swim records |url=http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20000629/sport02.htm |publisher=Papua New Guinea Post-Courier |date=24 August 2000 |access-date=19 June 2013 }} She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia's 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola's Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She trailed behind Cruz in a spirited challenge by five-hundredths of a second (0.05) to round out the field in 1:19.62. Peni failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=258|access-date=26 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=17 September 2000|access-date=28 May 2013}}