David Meca
 David Meca | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's open water swimming | ||
Competitor for  Spain
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Honolulu | 10 km open water |
| | 2005 Montreal | 25 km open water |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1998 Perth | 25 km open water |
| | 2000 Honolulu | 5 km open water |
| | 2000 Honolulu | 25 km open water |
| | 2003 Barcelona | 25 km open water |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2003 Barcelona | 10 km open water |
| European Championships | ||
| | 2000 Helsinki | 25 km open water |
| | 2004 Madrid | 25 km open water |
| | 2000 Helsinki | 5 km open water |
| | 2002 Berlin | 25 km open water |
David Meca Medina (born February 1, 1974, in Sabadell) is a long distance swimmer from Spain, who has swum from mainland Spain to Ibiza among his exploits. He won gold at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal for the men's open water 25 km.
Meca took silver in the 5 km event at the 2000 World Championships in Hawaii. He also won silver in the 25 km competition and a bronze in the 10 km at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Meca once served a one-year ban following a positive test for nandrolone, a banned performance enhancer.[1]
Meca successfully swam the English Channel on 10 August 2004 in a time of 7 h 46 mins and again on 29 August 2005 in a time of 7 h 22 mins.[2]
He swims for the Club Natació Sabadell.
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