Rodolfo Falcón
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| Full name | Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 25, 1972 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Escuela Marcelo Salado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Marcelo Salado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | José Vázquez Gómez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972, in Havana, Cuba)[1] is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever.[2] Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming.[2]
He swam for Cuba at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics. At the 1996 Games, he won the silver medal in the 100 back ahead of countryman Neisser Bent—these represent the one swimming Olympic medals won by a Cuban. Falcón retired from the sport in 2002.
At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set the Championship Record in 100 backstroke at 56.00, which still stands as the record as of 2009.[3]
In Paris at the 2024 Olympics, 51-year-old Rodolfo Falcón competed in the 1500 meter freestyle, finishing last among the 24 swimmers who contested the event.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Falcón's entry at sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Nadadores en apuros (trans: Swimmers in trouble). Published by CubAhora on 2010-12-15, retrieved 2010-12-15.
- ^ Men's 100 back results[permanent dead link] from the 2006 CACs. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "MEN'S 1500M FREESTYLE FINAL RESULTS". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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