David López-Zubero

David Zubero

Personal information
Full name	David López-Zubero Purcell
Nationality	Spain
Born	(1959-02-11) February 11, 1959 Jacksonville, Florida
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Butterfly
Club	Club Náutico Metropole
College team	University of Florida
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Spain Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 1983 Rome 100 m butterfly Mediterranean Games 1979 Split 200 m freestyle 1979 Split 100 m butterfly 1983 Casablanca 100 m butterfly 1983 Casablanca 200 m medley

David López-Zubero Purcell (born February 11, 1959) is a former college an international swimmer who competed in three Summer Olympics and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980. Zubero was born in the United States, swam in international competition for Spain, and holds dual Spanish-American citizenship.

David Zubero is the older brother of the 1992 Olympic champion in the 200-meter backstroke, Martin López-Zubero. Zubero served as an assistant coach under Ralph Crocker and Gary Butts for the Pine Crest School in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the 1990s.

Zubero attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1977 to 1981. He competed in the championship finals of the 200-yard individual medley all four years. Zubero swam on the Gators 800-yard freestyle relay team that set an American record and tied the NCAA record, while winning the national title in that event in 1979. He also swam on another national championship 800-yard freestyle relay in 1981. Zubero graduated from the university of Florida with a bachelor's degree in microbiology and cell science in 1983.

Zubero was one of the most versatile swimmers for the Gators during his undergraduate career, and he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.

Zubero represented Spain in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, he place third in the 100-meter butterfly. He also swam in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, tying for twelfth in the 100-meter butterfly and also swimming for the eleventh-place Spanish men's team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

Zubero attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida for high school. He earned a master's degree in science education from Nova Southeastern University in Broward County, Florida.

See also

• Florida Gators
• List of Spanish records in swimming
• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida Olympians

External links

• Profile