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Francisco Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt
Nationality Venezuela
Born (1976-09-06) September 6, 1976 (age 48)
Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly and Freestyle
ClubLázaro Hernández
College teamASU Sun Devils (USA) (1995-'99)
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 50m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Gothenburg 50m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1997 Gothenburg 100m Freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 100m Freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg 100m Butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata 4x100m Freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg 4x100m Freestyle

Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt (born September 6, 1976 in Cumaná) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships (25m) in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, at the third edition of the event, the sprinter from South America triumphed in the 50m and the 100m Freestyle.

He swam collegiately for the USA's Arizona State University in the late 1990s.[1]

At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set Championship Records in both the 100 fly (53.86). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Albert Subirats.[2]

References

  1. ^ 1996-97 Men's Swimming and Diving Highlights from the ASU Athletics website (www.thesundevils.com). Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. ^ Men's 100 fly results from the 2006 CACs.


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