Ricardo Marmolejo
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.
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas | ||||||||||||||||
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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 USA 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
- 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
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