Florbel Pérez
Florbel Pérez , full name Florbel Héctor Pérez Martínez , (born June 7, 1928 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan swimmer .
Florbel Pérez was vice South American champion in 1947 over the distance of 1500 meters at the swimming competitions in Buenos Aires . He was a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . At the games in England he started both the 400-meter and the 1500-meter freestyle course . Over the 400 meters he reached a time of 5: 04.7 minutes on July 31, 1948, but retired in his prelim, won by the Hungarian Géza Kádas , as third in the first round. Five days later, on the 1500 meter distance, he took the hurdle of the first prelim as third and time best (20: 20.2 minutes) who did not qualify directly over one of the first two prelims in the six prelims. In the semifinals on August 6, 1948, he was only fifth. A swim time of 20: 32.6 minutes meant the end of the competitions in these games for him. He also took part with the Uruguayan team in the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Florbel Pérez in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 4, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pérez, Florbel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pérez Martínez, Florbel Héctor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |