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.
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]
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- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Subirats and the second or maternal family name is Altes.
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Subirats bio from the Arizona Athletics website (www.arizonaathletics.com); retrieved 25 June 2009.
- ^ Men's 100 free results[permanent dead link] from the 2006 CAC website; retrieved 25 June 2009.
External links edit
- Albert Subirats at World Aquatics
- Albert Subirats at Swimrankings.net
- Albert Subirats at Olympedia
- Albert Subirats at Olympics.com
