Felipe Muñoz

Felipe Muñoz

Felipe Muñoz on a 1969 Paraguayan stamp
Personal information
Full name	Felipe Muñoz Kapamas
Nickname(s)	Tibio
Nationality	Mexico
Born	(1951-02-03) February 3, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Competitor for  Mexico Olympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City 200 m breaststroke Pan American Games Silver 1971 Cali 200 m breaststroke Bronze 1971 Cali 200 m medley Summer Universiade Bronze 1973 Moscow 200 m breaststroke

Felipe Muñoz Kapamas (born February 3, 1951)^[1] is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m event in 1968. Since 2008, he is the President of the Mexican Olympic Committee.^[2] Since 2012 he serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.^[3]

Muñoz is of Greek descent on his mother's side.^[4]

His nickname is "el tibio", which means "lukewarm" in Spanish. It was coined because Felipe's father is from Aguascalientes, meaning "hot waters", and his mother is from the town of Río Frío (Estado de Mexico), meaning "cold river". He also had the odd habit of refusing to swim in an unheated pool.

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