Erin Volcán

Erin Volcan

Personal information
Full name	Erin Nicole Volcán Smith
Nationality	Venezuela  United States
Born	(1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 Long Beach, CA, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Back, IM
Club	Irvine Novaquatics
College team	Auburn Tigers (2002-'06)
Medal record Universiade Bronze 2003 Daegu 200 m backstroke Central American & Caribbean Games Gold 2006 Cartagena 200 m backstroke Gold 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley Silver 2006 Cartagena 200 m freestyle Silver 2006 Cartagena 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Cartagena 200 m indiv. medley South America Championships Gold 2008 São Paulo 200 m backstroke

Erin Nicole Volcán Smith (born January 12, 1984 in Long Beach, CA, USA)^[1] is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current (2009) Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.^[2]

She swam collegiately at the USA's Auburn University.^[3] She was also on the USA's team for the 2003 Summer Univerisade team, where she won a bronze medal in the 200 m back.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she set a new games record in the 200 back (2:16.65), bettering a 20-year-old record set by Silvia Poll at the 1986 Games.^[4]

She has swum at:

• 2003 Summer Universiade
• 2006 Central American & Caribbean Games
• 2007 World Championships
• 2007 Pan American Games
• 2008 Olympics

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