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Rafael Muñoz (swimmer)

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Rafael Muñoz
Personal information
Full nameRafael Muñoz Pérez
Nationality Spain
Born (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 (age 36)
Córdoba, Spain
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly
ClubNavial (Spain)
C.N. Marseille (France)
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Budapest 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chartres 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rijeka 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rijeka 50 m butterfly

Rafael Muñoz Pérez (born 3 March 1988 in Córdoba) is an Olympic swimmer from Spain. He competed for the Spanish Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games.[1]

On April 5, 2009 at the 2009 Spanish Championships, he swam a 22.43 in the long-course 50 butterfly, going under the existing World Record of 22.96 by South Africa's Roland Schoeman. This time, however, was not recognized as the world record until 22 June, when the governing body of aquatic sports, FINA, finally accepted the controversial swimsuit he and many other swimmers had been wearing as they achieved such times.

He is coached by Romain Barnier in France in the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille team.

His suited WR was broken in July of 2018, however four of the five better times all-time still belongs to Muñoz (all of these achieve with tech suit). [2]

References

  1. ^ Muñoz's bio page Archived 8 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine from the 2008 Olympics website. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  2. ^ https://swimswam.com/andrii-govorov-shatters-50-fly-world-record-in-22-27/
Records
Preceded by Men's 50-metre butterfly
world record holder (long course)
5 April 2009 – 1 July 2018 		Succeeded by


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