Luis Martínez (swimmer)

Luis Martínez (born December 11, 1995) is a Guatemalan swimmer.

Luis Martínez
Personal information
Full nameLuis Carlos Martínez
NationalityGuatemalan
Born (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995
New Orleans, Louisiana
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly/Freestyle
College teamAuburn University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Guatemala
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 100 m butterfly

General

[1] 2019 Pan American silver medalist 100 meter butterfly

2016 Olympian (Guatemala)

2015-2017 World Championships qualifier

3x NCAA All-American

Professional career (2019- )
  • Won the silver medal in the 100 meters butterfly, imposing a new games record in the preliminary heats at the 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru).
  • [2] Toyota U.S. Open 1st place in the 100 meters butterfly (Atlanta, Georgia).
  • Qualified to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

[3] College career

• School’s 6th-fastest performer with the 9th-fastest performance (45.72) in the 100 fly. Recorded 4 of the 22-fastest times in program history

• School’s 10th-fastest performer (1:43.56) in the 200 fly

Senior Season (2017–18)

• NCAA All-American as part of the 11th-place 200 free relay, swimming the anchor leg

• Competed at NCAAs in the 100 fly (46.21/28th), 200 fly (1:44.48/37th) and 50 free (19.89/44th)

• Swam a personal best 100 fly (45.72) at the Bulldog Invite, which made him the 6th-fastest performer with the 9th-fastest performance in school history

• Finished 7th in the 100 fly (46.28), 20th in the 100 free (19.90) and 22nd in the 200 fly (1:45.64) at SECs

• Swept the fly events at the Texas A&M and Alabama dual meets

• Also won the 100 fly at the Tennessee & Wisconsin double dual meet • Swam on a pair of winning relays during the dual meet season

Summer 2017

• Swam for Guatemala at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest • Finished 18th in the 50m fly in 23.71, a new Guatemalan record

• Finished 21st in the 100 fly in 52.18, a new Guatemalan record • Finished 37th in the 200 fly (2:03.10)

Junior Season (2016–17)

• Earned NCAA All-America honors as a part of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams

• Competed at NCAAs in the 100 fly (45.92/17th) and 200 fly (1:46.53/40th)

• Finished 5th in the 100 fly (46.03) at SECs

• Also placed 10th in the 200 fly (1:43.56) and 27th in the 200 IM (1:47.76) at SECs

• Swept the fly events at the Wisconsin, LSU, Alabama and Tennessee dual meets and won the 100 fly at the Texas dual meet

Sophomore Season (2015–16)

• 2016 Olympian for his native Guatemala

• Clocked a personal-best and national record 52.22 to finish 19th at the Olympics

• Qualified for the Olympics by placing third in the 100 fly (52.35) at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Federal Way, Wash.

• NCAA participant in the 100 fly (46.83/30th) and 200 fly (1:47.21/41st) • Personal-bests in both the 100 fly (46.22) and 200 fly (1:44.72) came during SEC prelims

• SEC 100 fly prelims time is 8th-fastest in Auburn history • Won the 100 fly during the Indiana (47.95), Florida (54.09 - LCM) and Texas (47.45) dual meets

Freshman Season (2014–15)

• Joined the team in January 2015 after transferring from Missouri S&T

• Recorded the third-best time on the team in the 100 fly at 47.09 to pick up an NCAA ‘B’ cut, but did not earn a invite to the NCAA meet

• Took 15th overall in the 100 fly at the SEC Championships, touching in at 47.09

• Was 30th in the 200 fly at the SEC meet with a time of 1:48.03 and placed 36th in the 500 freestyle with a PR time of 4:26.64

• Swam in his first dual meet of his Auburn career against Texas

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre butterfly event; his time of 52.22 seconds finished him 19th in the heats but did not qualify him for the semifinals.[4][5]

References
  1. "Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly", Wikipedia, 8 August 2019, retrieved 27 May 2020
  2. "All 2019 Toyota U.S. Open Results By OMEGA". www.omegatiming.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Luis Martinez - Swimming & Diving". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "Luis Martinez". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. "Men's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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