Juan José Madrigal

Juan José (J.J) Madrigal
Personal information
Full name Juan José Madrigal Pacheco
Nationality  Costa Rica
Born 8 March 1974
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Juan José Madrigal Pacheco (born March 8, 1974 in Alajuela) is a retired Costa Rican swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a Costa Rican record holder in the 50,100 and 200 m breaststroke (long course and short course).

Madrigal made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed only in the 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat two, he held off Namibia's Jorg Lindemeier by three hundredths of a second (0.03) to pick up a third seed in 1:05.47.[2]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Madrigal qualified for a breaststroke double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 1:05.61 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:20.00 (200 m breaststroke) from the 2000 Janet Evans Invitational in USC Los Angeles, California, USA.[3][4] In the 100 m breaststroke, held on the first day of the Games, Madrigal established a new Costa Rican record of 1:05.14 to lead the second heat, but ended up overall in forty-eighth place.[5][6] Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Madrigal placed forty-third on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three. [7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Juan José Madrigal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 240. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 250. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013.