Alexis_Márquez_(swimmer)

Alexis Márquez (swimmer)

Alexis Márquez (swimmer)

Venezuelan swimmer (born 1989)

Alexis Márquez Rivas (born March 25, 1989) is a Venezuelan swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He represented his nation Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and currently holds a short course Venezuelan record in the 200 m butterfly (1:59.77) at the 2011 Copa de España Clubes Segunda Division in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.[2]

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Marquez competed for Venezuela in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he touched with a runner-up time in 2:00.89 to beat the FINA B-cut (2:01.80) at the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3][4] Swimming on the outside in heat two, Marquez rallied from behind at the start to edge out Puerto Rico's Douglas Lennox-Silva by 0.44 of a second on a late charge for the fifth spot with a 2:01.25. Marquez failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexis Márquez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2011 Copa de España Clubes Segunda Division Results" (PDF) (in Spanish). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. [3]
    Pazos, Juan (25 April 2008). "Alexis Márquez consiguió su cupo a Beijing 2008" [Alexis Marquez got his quota to Beijing 2008] (in Spanish). Los Andes (Argentine newspaper). Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 37. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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