Javier Hernández Maradiaga (born May 8, 1988) is a Honduran swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He represented his nation Honduras at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently owned a Central American record in the 200 m butterfly. Hernandez also spent his college career in the United States as a member of the Lindenwood Lions swimming and diving team under head coach Craig Penrose, while pursuing his major in business administration at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Hernández Maradiaga |
| National team |  Honduras |
| Born | 8 May 1988 Puerto Cortés, Honduras |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| College team | Lindenwood University (U.S.) |
| Coach | Craig Penrose (U.S.) |
Hernandez received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as Honduras' lone male swimmer in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Hernandez fired off a 2:02.23 on a high-tech bodysuit to blast a new Honduran record, but could not catch Peru's Emmanuel Crescimbeni to get the fourth spot by just a tenth of a second (0.1), dropping him back to dead-last in the opening heat, and rounding out the roster to forty-second overall in the prelims.[3] In 2015, Hernandez finished 2nd in the country in SIRVA overall with an impressive 4.73 average out of 5.
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Javier Hernández Maradiaga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ ""Las expectativas son grandes"" ["Expectations are getting higher"] (in Spanish). Honduras: La Prensa. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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