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Claudia graduated in Business Administration from the Universidad Internacional de las Américas, San José, Costa Rica, in 1998. Poll became a mother for the first time on August 8, 2007. Her daughter's name is Cecilia. Claudia's older sister Silvia Poll Ahrens was also a competitive swimmer who won a silver medal in 1988, Costa Rica's first ever Olympic medal.
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