Javier Díaz (swimmer)

Javier Díaz
Personal information
Full nameJavier Díaz González
National team Mexico
Born (1979-09-13) 13 September 1979 (age 45)
Saltillo, Mexico
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, medley
College teamPurdue University (U.S.)

Javier Díaz González (born September 13, 1979) is a Mexican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Mexican record holder in the 50, 100, and 200 m freestyle. Diaz also attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he majored in economics, and played for the Purdue Boilermakers.

Diaz made his Olympic debut as a 21-year-old native from Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing thirtieth in the 200 m freestyle (1:53.30), and thirty-seventh in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.28).[2][3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Diaz teamed up with Joshua Ilika Brenner, Alejandro Siqueiros, and Leonardo Salinas Saldana in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[4][5] Swimming the third leg, Diaz recorded a split of 1:53.34, and the Mexicans rounded out an eight-team field to last place and fifteenth overall in a new national record of 7:29.54.[6][7]

Shortly after his second Olympics, Diaz retired from swimming to work as a sports analyst for Televisa Deportes Network. He also became a network's swimming commentator for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, and eventually, for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Javier Díaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Relevo Mexicano de natación de Miami a Atenas" [Mexican relay team swims from Miami to Athens] (in Spanish). CONADE. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ Whitten, Phillip (17 August 2004). "Men's 800 Free Relay, Day 4: US, Australia Qualify 1–2". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Es Javier Díaz, en la natación, un experto en la mesa" [Javier Díaz is in swimming, working as an expert on the table] (in Spanish). Vanguardia. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  9. ^ González, Victor (14 July 2012). "Tritón de mares" [Triton seas] (in Spanish). El Zócalo. Retrieved 12 May 2013.