Ricardo Marmolejo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez |
| National team | Mexico |
| Born | March 29, 1954 |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Medley, butterfly |
| College team | University of Texas |
Medal record | |
Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez (born March 29, 1954)[1] is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Mexico. He swam for the Mexico National Swim Team at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
He is the father of 3-time Olympian Adriana Marmolejo; his son Pablo has also been a member of Mexico's swimming national team.[2]
Marmolejo swam collegiately in the US for University of Texas.[3]
As a coach, Marmolejo placed a swimmer in the Olympic Games of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. He was the head coach of Mexico's Olympic Team in 2008. His current team, Marmo Nadadores are the 2014 State of Mexico Age Group Champions. He is the resident coach at the Comite Olympico Mexicano in Mexico City.
References
[edit]- ^ Marmolejo's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Pablo Marmolejo's bio from the West Virginia University athletics website; retrieved 2009-07-09.
- ^ Adriana's bio Archived 2013-01-20 at archive.today from the Arizona State University athletics website, listing that her father (Ricardo) attended ASU; published 2009-01; retrieved 2009-07-09
  | This biographical article related to a Mexican swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Mexican male swimmers
- Texas Longhorns men's swimmers
- Mexican expatriate swimmers in the United States
- Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican people
- 21st-century Mexican people
- Mexican swimming biography stubs