Oswaldo Quevedo

Oswaldo (Ozzie) Quevedo
Personal information
Full name Oswaldo Jose Quevedo Boschetti
Nickname(s) Ozzie
Nationality  Venezuela
Born August 4, 1976 (1976-08-04) (age 35)
Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 90 kilograms (200 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Butterfly and Freestyle
College team Auburn University (USA) (1998-'00)

Oswaldo Jose Quevedo Boschetti (born August 4, 1976 in Maracay) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the 2000 South American Open Championships (50m) in Mar del Plata. Two years later, at the later edition of the same Championship 2002 South American Open Championships, the sprinter from South America triumphed in the 100m Butterfly. He represented his homeland at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

He swam collegiately for the USA's Auburn University in the late 1990s.[1]

Quevedo was part of the 200m Freestyle Relay that broke the US Open, NCAA Record and World Record at the NCAA DIV I Championships in MN, USA in the year 2000.[2]

At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set Championship Records the 100 fly Championship Record in the preliminary heats. This record stood until the final session where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Swimmer Francisco Sanchez.

He currently holds the World Records in the 50m and 100m butterfly for Masters in his age group.[3]

Lastly, Ozzie Quevedo is considered by many High Profile Swim Coaches in the world as one of the best male swimmers that ever came out of Venezuela. Along with Rafael Vidal Castro (RIP), Alberto Mestre, Francisco Sanchez and Albert Subirats.

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