Rafael Muñoz (swimmer)
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Full name | Rafael Muñoz Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Rafa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Córdoba, Spain | 3 March 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | (Spain) (France) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rafael Muñoz Pérez[a] (born 3 March 1988) is an Olympic swimmer from Spain. He competed for the Spanish Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games.[1][2] He was born in Córdoba.
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 team.
His suited WR was broken in July 2018, however three of the five best times all-time still belongs to Muñoz (all of these achieved with tech suit). [3]
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
References[]
- ^ "Rafael Munoz". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rafael Muñoz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Andrii Govorov Shatters 50 Fly World Record In 22.27". SwimSwam. 1 July 2018.
External links[]
- Rafa Múñoz at Olympedia
- Rafael Munoz Perez at the International Olympic Committee
- Rafael Munoz Perez at Olympics.com
- Rafael Muñoz Pérez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Spanish male butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Spain
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Spanish swimming biography stubs