David Meca

Medal record
David Meca
Men's open water swimming
Competitor for  Spain
World Championships
Gold	2000 Honolulu	10 km open water
Gold	2005 Montreal	25 km open water
Silver	1998 Perth	25 km open water
Silver	2000 Honolulu	5 km open water
Silver	2000 Honolulu	25 km open water
Silver	2003 Barcelona	25 km open water
Bronze	2003 Barcelona	10 km open water
European Championships
Silver	2000 Helsinki	25 km open water
Silver	2004 Madrid	25 km open water
Bronze	2000 Helsinki	5 km open water
Bronze	2002 Berlin	25 km open water

David Meca Medina (born February 1, 1974, in Sabadell) is a long distance swimmer from Spain, who has swum from mainland Spain to Ibiza among his exploits. He won gold at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal for the men's open water 25 km.

Meca took silver in the 5 km event at the 2000 World Championships in Hawaii. He also won silver in the 25 km competition and a bronze in the 10 km at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Meca once served a one-year ban following a positive test for nandrolone, a banned performance enhancer.^[1]

Meca successfully swam the English Channel on 10 August 2004 in a time of 7 h 46 mins and again on 29 August 2005 in a time of 7 h 22 mins.^[2]

He swims for the Club Natació Sabadell.

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. ^ "Meca outsprints Capell for gold". BBC News. 23 July 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/swimming/4711433.stm. 
2. ^ Dover Life Channel Swimming - Successful Crossings

External links

• Official website

Persondata
Name	Meca, David
Alternative names	abla
Short description	puta
Date of birth	February 1, 1974
Place of birth
Date of death
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