Rafael "Rafa" Múñoz 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.
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| Full name | Rafael Muñoz Pérez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rafa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1988 Córdoba, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Navial (Spain) C.N. Marseille (France) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. His world record was broken by Andriy Govorov in July 2018.[3]
He was coached by Romain Barnier in France, as part of the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille team.
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Rafael Munoz at World Aquatics
- Rafa Múñoz at Olympedia
- Rafael Munoz Perez at Olympics.com
- Rafael Munoz Perez at Olympic.org (archived)
- Rafael Muñoz Pérez (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
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