Camilo Becerra
Appearance
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Full name | Camilo José Becerra Velasco | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Cali, Colombia | 10 October 1980|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Fort Worth Area Swim Team | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Southern Methodist University | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Camilo Becerra (born 10 October 1980)[1] is a three-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Colombia. He swam from Colombia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[2]
The 2004 Games saw his highest Olympic finish to date: a tie for 37th in the men's 50m freestyle.
Becerra also swam at the 2007 World Championships.
He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2006 with a degree in Finance and Economics. Becerra swims for the Fort Worth Area Swim team in Fort Worth Texas and is coached by Ron Forrest.
References
- ^ Becerra's bio/results page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ Becerra's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-24.
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cali
- Colombian male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Colombia
- Male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- SMU Mustangs men's swimmers
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
- South American swimming biography stubs
- Colombian sportspeople stubs