Hanser García
Cuban swimmer
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Full name | Hanser García Hernández | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "El Pollo", (The Chicken) | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Cuba | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 35) Caibarién, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Escuela de Natacion Marcelo Salado | |||||||||||||||||
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Hanser García Hernández (born 10 October 1988 in Caibarién, Cuba) is a Cuban whose original sport was water polo but later on became a swimmer and freestyle specialist.[1] He competed in the 50 m event and the 100 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 23rd and 7th respectively.[2][3] At the 2011 Pan American Games, García won the silver medal in the 100m freestyle and the bronze in the 50m freestyle.[4]
References
- ^ London 2012 profile Archived 24 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hanser García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Nadador Hanser García a la final de los 100 metros libres de Londres 2012". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Hanser Garcia, once again on the Pan American Podium". news.cubasi.cu. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 100 m freestyle
- 1926: Gonzalo Silverio (CUB)
- 1930: Pablo la Rosa (CUB)
- 1935: Luis Alcívar (CUB)
- 1938: Francisco Escobar (CUB)
- 1946 – 1950: Alberto Isaac (MEX)
- 1954: Otilio Olguín (MEX)
- 1959: César Uribe (MEX)
- 1962: Jorge Escalante (MEX)
- 1966: Salvador Ruíz (MEX)
- 1970: Gary Goodner (PUR)
- 1974: Guillermo García (MEX)
- 1978: Fernando Cañales (PUR)
- 1982 – 1986: Alberto Mestre (VEN)
- 1990: Rodrigo González (MEX)
- 1993 – 1998: Francisco Sánchez (VEN)
- 2002: Ricardo Busquets (PUR)
- 2006 – 2010: Albert Subirats (VEN)
- 2014: Hanser García (CUB)
- 2018: Dylan Carter (TTO)