Sergio López Miró

Sergio López Miró
Personal information
Full name Sergio López Miró
National team Spain
Born (1968-08-15) 15 August 1968
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Club Natació Sabadell
College team Indiana University (U.S.)

Sergio López Miró (born August 15, 1968) is a former international top swimmer from Spain, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

He competed in college for Indiana University and American University. López served as the head coach for the men's and women's swim teams at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia from 2005 to 2007. In 2007 he became the head swimming coach at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida and has coached several swimmers onto the U.S. national team: Ariana Kukors, Charlie Houchin, and Ryan Murphy.

He was appointed head coach of Singapore Swimming as well as an adviser coach of the coaching academy of the Singapore Sports Institute, with his term starting on January 1, 2015.[1]

On April 30, 2018, Virginia Tech Athletic Director Whit Babcock announced Lopez's hiring as head coach for the university's swimming and diving programs.

References

  1. ↑ "Sergio Lopez appointed as head coach of Singapore Swimming". Singapore Swimming Association. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
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