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Marco Camargo
Marco Antonio Camargo González (born May 8, 1989) is an Ecuadorian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[2][1] He won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and eventually represented his nation Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top swimmers in the 100 and 200 m butterfly.[3][4]
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| Full name | Marco Antonio Camargo González | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Ecuador | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1989 Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Club Deportivo Diana Quintana[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rafael Herbas[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Camargo was invited by FINA under the Universality rule to compete as a 19-year-old for Ecuador in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c . Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Ecuador, Panama win medals for S. America at U-17 swimming World Cup". People's Daily. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Ecuadorian sportsmen train in Beijing for Olympics". People's Daily. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.