Carlos Noriega
Carlos Noriega , full name Carlos Francisco Noriega Pons , (born June 19, 1922 in the Río Negro Department , † September 1991 in Puerto Rico ) was a Uruguayan diver and swimmer .
Noriega initially worked as a high diver and became South American champion in this discipline in 1941. He was also a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . At the games in England he started on the 100-meter back course . There, however, he was eliminated in fourth place in his preliminary run with a swim time of 1: 15.0 minutes in the first lap.
Individual evidence
- ^ Carlos Noriega in the Olympedia.org database (English)
- ↑ La historia de la FUN hecha libro (Spanish) in La República of April 2, 2009, accessed on January 4, 2014
- ↑ Reseña de la Natación en Uruguay ( Memento of April 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) on fun.org.uy, accessed on January 4, 2014 (DOC)
- ↑ Carlos Noriega in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 4, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noriega, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Noriega Pons, Carlos Francisco (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan diver and swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Río Negro Department , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1991 |
| Place of death | Puerto Rico |