Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt (born September 6, 1976 in Cumaná) is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m Freestyle at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships (25m) in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, at the third edition of the event, the sprinter from South America triumphed in the 50m and the 100m Freestyle.
He swam collegiately for the USA's Arizona State University in the late 1990s.[1]
At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set Championship Records in both the 100 fly (53.86). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Albert Subirats.[2]
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- 1926: Cuba (Smith, González, Gou, Silverio)
- 1930: Cuba (Silverio, Carol, Smith, La Rosa)
- 1935 – 1962: not held
- 1966: Puerto Rico (C. Pérez, Chenaux, G. Goodner, Ferraioli)
- 1970: Puerto Rico (J. Pérez, Ferraioli, M. Goodner, G. Goodner)
- 1974: Venezuela (Sochasky, Goicochea, Herretes, Volcán)
- 1978: Puerto Rico (Cañales, Pérez, de Jesús, Berrocal)
- 1982: Venezuela (Vidal, Barrios, François, Mestre)
- 1986: Cuba (Bello, Herrera, Peralta, Franki)
- 1990: Mexico (Gutiérrez, Escamilla, Holtz, González)
- 1993: Mexico (Pérez, Vargas, Castellanos, Sotelo)
- 1998: Venezuela (Quevedo, Páez, Rojas, Sánchez)
- 2002: Venezuela (Quevedo, Páez, Subirats, Sánchez)
- 2006: Venezuela (Subirats, Acuña, Alesi, Rojas)
- 2010: Venezuela (Acuña, Quintero, Goméz, Subirats)
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Sanchez, Francisco |
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Swimmer |
| Date of birth |
September 6, 1976 |
| Place of birth |
Cumaná, Sucre, Venezuela |
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Venezuela