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Sergio López Miró

Sergio López Miró
Personal information
Full nameSergio López Miró
National teamSpain
Born (1968-08-15) 15 August 1968 (age 56)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubClub Natació Sabadell
College teamIndiana University (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens 200 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1993 Palma 4×100 m medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia 200 m breaststroke

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 coached several swimmers onto the U.S. national team. This includes Ariana Kukors, Charlie Houchin, Ryan Murphy and also Singapore’s Joseph Schooling.

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.

He won his first international medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

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.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_L%C3%B3pez_Mir%C3%B3