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Albert Subirats

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Albert Subirats Altes[a] (born 25 September 1986)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.[2] At the 2007 World Championships, Subirats won Venezuela's first (long course) World Championships medal.

Albert Subirats
Albert Subirats (left) in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Subirats Altes
Nickname"El Torpedo"
National team Venezuela
Born (1986-09-25) 25 September 1986 (age 38)
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
College teamUniversity of Arizona (2004–'07)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Venezuela
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2006 Shanghai 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio 4×100 m free
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m free
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 100m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 100m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 100m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 4x100 m free
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 4x100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena 4x200 m free
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez 50m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mayagüez 50m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mayagüez 50m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz 100 m freestyle
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellin 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellin 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellin 4×100 m free
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellin 4×200 m free
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belém 4×100 m free
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belém 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belém 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belém 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago 4×100 m free
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago 4×100 m medley

Collegiately, he attended the University of Arizona in the United States, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team from 2004 to 2007. While at Arizona, he was a 3-time individual NCAA champion, winning the 100 yd fly his junior and senior years (2006, 2007) and the 100 back (2006).[3]

As of June 2009, he holds the Venezuelan records in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, 50 m and 100 m backstroke and 50 & 100 m butterfly (long course) and was part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley teams that hold those record. In the short course, he holds the 50 m backstroke and 50 m and 100 m butterfly records. He also holds the South American long course 100 m butterfly record, and the short course 50 m backstroke record.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set a Games Record in winning the men's 100 m freestyle (49.55); bettering the record of 50.00 set by fellow Venezuelan Francisco Sánchez on 11 August 1998, at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo.[4]

See also

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List of South American records in swimming

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Subirats and the second or maternal family name is Altes.

References

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  1. ^ "SUBIRATS ALTES Albert". Beijing 2008 Olympics. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Subirats". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  3. ^ Subirats bio from the Arizona Athletics website (www.arizonaathletics.com); retrieved 25 June 2009.
  4. ^ Men's 100 free results[permanent dead link‍] from the 2006 CAC website; retrieved 25 June 2009.
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