Omar Pinzón

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pinzón and the second or maternal family name is García.

Omar Pinzón

Personal information
Full name	Omar Andrés Pinzón García
Nationality	Colombia
Born	June 17, 1989 (1989-06-17) (age 22) Bogotá, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke, butterfly, individual medley
Club	Nautalius
College team	University of Florida
Medal record Pan American Games Silver 2011 Guadalajara 200 m backstroke Central American and Caribbean Games Silver 2006 Cartagena 50 m backstroke Silver 2006 Cartagena 100 m backstroke Silver 2006 Cartagena 200 m backstroke

Omar Andrés Pinzón García (born June 17, 1989) is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished in thirty-fifth place in the men's 200-meter backstroke. Pinzón competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke, the 200 and 400-meter individual medley, and the 200-meter butterfly. His best 2008 Olympic performance was in the 200-meter backstroke, where he placed seventeenth with a time of 1:59.11.^[1]

Pinzón was born in Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia. He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from Gimnasio Britanico high school in Bogotá in 2005. Pinzón received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010.^[2] In his four-year Gator swimming career, Pinzón received twelve All-American honors.

Pinzón won his first gold medal at a Swimming World Cup in Singapore in 2011 in the 200m backstroke. ^[3] Pinzón then won gold medals in Shanghai and Tokyo in the 200m backstroke. ^[4]

See also

	Biography portal
	Olympics portal
	Swimming portal

• Florida Gators
• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida Olympians

References

1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Omar Pinzón. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
2. ^ GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, 2008 Roster, Omar Pinzón. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
3. ^ El Tiempo, Colombian Newspaper. Sports Section [1]. Retrieved November 6, 2011
4. ^ El Colombiano, Colombian Newspaper. Sports Section [2]. Retrieved November 20, 2011

Persondata
Name	Pinzón, Omar
Alternative names	Pinzón García, Omar Andrés
Short description	All-American college swimmer, Colombian international swimmer, Olympic competitor
Date of birth	June 17, 1989
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Date of death
Place of death