Luis Martínez (swimmer)

Luis Martínez
Personal information
Full name	Luis Carlos Martínez Méndez
Born	11 December 1995 (age 28); Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
College team	Auburn University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Guatemala
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American Games

Luis Carlos Martínez Méndez^[a] (born 11 December 1995) is a Guatemalan swimmer.

General

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.

College career

The following are Martínez's career timings in his college career:^[3]

• 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 an 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]

Notes

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "La natación escribe una historia dorada en Juegos Centroamericanos" (in Spanish). Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "All 2019 Toyota U.S. Open Results By OMEGA". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Luis Martinez - Swimming & Diving". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Luis Martinez". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^ "Men's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

External links

[2] In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.

[2017_CAG-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "La natación escribe una historia dorada en Juegos Centroamericanos" (in Spanish). Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[3] "All 2019 Toyota U.S. Open Results By OMEGA". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[4] "Luis Martinez - Swimming & Diving". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[5] "Luis Martinez". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

[6] "Men's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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Luis Martínez (swimmer)

General

Professional career (2019- )

College career

Notes

References

External links

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