Arsenio Alexander López Rosario (born May 3, 1979), also known as Alex Lopez, is a Puerto Rican former swimmer and three-time Olympian who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lopez decided to drop two of his events from Atlanta and experiment with the 100-meter breaststroke. He finished in a first-place tie with Latvia's Valērijs Kalmikovs on the fourth heat with a time of 1:04.02.[5] In the 200-meter individual medley, he raced to a fourth seed in heat three by 0.07 seconds behind South Korea's Han Kyu-Chul in 2:06.49.[6] Lopez did not qualify for the semifinals, finishing thirty-fourth each in all of his events from the heats.
Lopez shortened his program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he swam only for the 100-meter breaststroke. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.01 from the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[7] He challenged seven other swimmers in the same heat as Sydney, including four-time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont (Thailand), who was later disqualified for a false start. Lopez posted a time of 1:03.99 to take a second seed by a 1.02-second margin behind winner Jakob Johann Sveinsson of Iceland. Lopez ended his third Olympic stint by sharing a thirty-fifth place tie with New Zealand's Ben Labowitch on the morning prelims.[8][9]
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November 29, 2023
arsenio, lópez, other, people, named, alex, lopez, alex, lopez, disambiguation, arsenio, alexander, lópez, rosario, born, 1979, also, known, alex, lopez, puerto, rican, former, swimmer, three, time, olympian, specialized, breaststroke, individual, medley, even. For other people named Alex Lopez see Alex Lopez disambiguation Arsenio Alexander Lopez Rosario born May 3 1979 also known as Alex Lopez is a Puerto Rican former swimmer and three time Olympian who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events 1 Arsenio LopezPersonal informationFull nameArsenio Alexander LopezRosarioNickname s Alex National team Puerto RicoBorn 1979 05 03 May 3 1979 age 44 Humacao Puerto RicoHeight1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Weight84 kg 185 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststroke medleyClubBolles School Swim ClubCollege teamUniversity of FloridaCoachGregg Troy Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and education editLopez was born in Humacao Puerto Rico He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville Florida where he was a member of the Bolles School Swimming Club Lopez accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida where he competed for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under coach Gregg Troy He majored in civil engineering at the university Career editLopez made his Olympic debut as a 17 year old teen at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events finishing twenty seventh in the 200 meter individual medley 2 06 99 and twenty fifth in the 400 meter individual medley 4 34 81 2 3 He also placed seventeenth as a member of the Puerto Rican team including finalist Ricardo Busquets in the 4 100 meter freestyle relay 3 28 27 4 At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Lopez decided to drop two of his events from Atlanta and experiment with the 100 meter breaststroke He finished in a first place tie with Latvia s Valerijs Kalmikovs on the fourth heat with a time of 1 04 02 5 In the 200 meter individual medley he raced to a fourth seed in heat three by 0 07 seconds behind South Korea s Han Kyu Chul in 2 06 49 6 Lopez did not qualify for the semifinals finishing thirty fourth each in all of his events from the heats Lopez shortened his program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens when he swam only for the 100 meter breaststroke He cleared a FINA B standard entry time of 1 04 01 from the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 7 He challenged seven other swimmers in the same heat as Sydney including four time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand who was later disqualified for a false start Lopez posted a time of 1 03 99 to take a second seed by a 1 02 second margin behind winner Jakob Johann Sveinsson of Iceland Lopez ended his third Olympic stint by sharing a thirty fifth place tie with New Zealand s Ben Labowitch on the morning prelims 8 9 See also edit nbsp Olympics portalList of University of Florida alumni List of University of Florida OlympiansReferences edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Arsenio Lopez Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 5 May 2013 Atlanta 1996 Aquatics Swimming Men s 200m Individual Medley Heat 2 PDF Atlanta 1996 LA84 Foundation p 48 Archived from the original PDF on 23 May 2011 Retrieved 28 April 2013 Atlanta 1996 Aquatics Swimming Men s 400m Individual Medley Heat 1 PDF Atlanta 1996 LA84 Foundation p 50 Archived from the original PDF on 23 May 2011 Retrieved 28 April 2013 Atlanta 1996 Aquatics Swimming Men s 4 100m Freestyle Relay Heat 3 PDF Atlanta 1996 LA84 Foundation p 51 Archived from the original PDF on 23 May 2011 Retrieved 28 April 2013 Sydney 2000 Swimming Men s 100m Breaststroke Heat 4 PDF Sydney 2000 LA84 Foundation p 240 Archived from the original PDF on 19 August 2011 Retrieved 19 April 2013 Sydney 2000 Swimming Men s 200m Individual Medley Heat 3 PDF Sydney 2000 LA84 Foundation p 308 Archived from the original PDF on 19 August 2011 Retrieved 23 April 2013 Swimming Men s 100m Breaststroke Startlist Heat 4 PDF Athens 2004 Omega Timing Retrieved 24 March 2013 Men s 100m Breaststroke Heat 4 Athens 2004 BBC Sport 14 August 2004 Retrieved 31 January 2013 Whitten Phillip 14 August 2004 Prelims Men s 100 Breaststroke Kitajima Hansen Qualify One Two Japanese Sets Olympic Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 19 April 2013 External links editPlayer Bio Florida Gators NBC Olympics Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arsenio Lopez amp oldid 1170180642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
