- Mario González (swimmer)
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Montesinos.
Mario González Personal information Full name Mario González Montesinos Nationality Cuba
Born August 2, 1975
Havana, CubaHeight 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 73 kilograms (160 lb) Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Breaststroke Medal recordPan American Games Gold 1991 Havana 200m Breaststroke Summer Universiade Gold 1993 Buffalo 200m Breaststroke Bronze 1993 Buffalo 100m Breaststroke Mario González Montesinos (born August 2, 1975 in Havana, Cuba) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Cuba, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. His best result was a tenth place in the Men's 200m Breaststroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
At the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set Championship Records in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes (1:03.27 and 2:17.76). As of 2009, these are still the Games records.[1][2]
References
- ^ Men's 100 breast results from the 2006 CACs, showing González as the holder of Championships Record.
- ^ Men's 200 breast results from the 2006 CACs, showing González as the holder of Championships Record.
Pan American Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1951 – 1955: Héctor Domínguez (ARG) | 1959: William Mulliken (USA) | 1963: Chet Jastremski (USA) | 1967: José Fiolo (BRA) | 1971 – 1975: Rick Colella (USA) | 1979 – 1983: Steve Lundquist (USA) | 1987: Jeff Kubiak (USA) | 1991: Mario González (CUB) | 1995: Seth Van Neerden (USA) | 1999: Morgan Knabe (CAN) | 2003: Kyle Salyards (USA) | 2007: Thiago Pereira (BRA) | 2011: Sean Mahoney (USA)Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke 1959: Hans-Joachim Tröger (FRG) • 1961: Yuriy Funikov (URS) • 1963: Ivan Karetnikov (URS) • 1965: Osamu Tsurumine (JPN) • 1967: Ken Merten (USA) • 1970: Rick Colella (USA) • 1973: Nikolay Pankin (URS) • 1977: Graham Smith (CAN) • 1979: Vladimir Tarasov (URS) • 1981: Arsen Miskarovs (URS) • 1983: Robertas Žulpa (URS) • 1985: John Moffet (USA) • 1987: Alexandre Yokochi (POR) • 1991: Gary O'Toole (IRL) • 1993: Mario González (CUB) • 1995: Aleksandr Tkachev (RUS) • 1997: Chikara Nakashita (JPN) • 1999: Roman Makarov (RUS) • 2001: Davide Rummolo (ITA) • 2003: Sergei Gerasimov (RUS) • 2005: Sławomir Kuczko (POL) • 2007: Grigory Falko (RUS) • 2009: Igor Borysik (UKR) • 2011: Giedrius Titenis (LTU) / Glenn Snyders (NZL)
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Cuban swimmers
- Breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Cuba
- People from Havana
- North American swimming biography stubs
- Cuban sportspeople stubs
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