Marco Camargo

Marco Camargo
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Camargo González
National team  Ecuador
Born (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
Club Club Deportivo Diana Quintana[1]
Coach Rafael Herbas[1]

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]

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Marco Camargo". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Marco Camargo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  3. "Ecuador, Panama win medals for S. America at U-17 swimming World Cup". People's Daily. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Ecuadorian sportsmen train in Beijing for Olympics". People's Daily. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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