Gabriel Melconián

José Gabriel Melconián Alvez (born July 7, 1987 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan swimmer .

The 1.82 meter tall athlete is the younger brother of swimmer Martín Melconian . He belongs to the Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz and holds numerous national records in swimming . His coach is the Uruguayan Olympic participant from 1996 Javier Golovchenko .

Melconián set a national club record on November 4, 2006 together with M. Acosta , Rementeria and M. Levrero in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay. A few days later he won the bronze medal in the 100 meters freestyle as well as the 4 × 100 freestyle relay at the South American Games in Buenos Aires in 2006 . He took part in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2007 and in Guadalajara in 2011 . In 2011 he was there 12th over 100 meters freestyle. On the same route, he finished sixth at the South American Championships held in Belém in March 2012. In the 50 meter freestyle competition there, he improved the Uruguayan record held by Francisco Picasso and Martín Kutscher twice to initially 22.76 seconds and later 22.73 seconds. With that he secured the Olympic qualification for this route.

The Argentine swimming championships, the Campeonato Argentino de Natación , he completed in June 2012 as a four-time gold medalist. He was successful three times in individual races and once with the River team . In the course of his career Melconián already managed to beat Ian Thorpe .

Melconián was part of the Uruguayan team for the 2012 Summer Olympics . In London , a start over the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle course was planned. He missed participating in the Beijing Games four years earlier due to a broken hand. In his 100-meter freestyle run-up in London, Melconián, whose record over this distance is 50.10 seconds, only managed 6th place with a time of 50.68 seconds, thus missing the semifinals and finishing the competition in 35th . among 56 starters. In 2013 he started at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona , but failed in both the 50 meters freestyle and the 50 meters butterfly in the run-up.

Records

Melconián holds the Uruguayan National Records for the following routes:

• 50-meter freestyle (0: 22.73, established in Belém in March 2012 )
• 4 × 50-meter freestyle relay (club) (01: 39.49, set up in the composition with M. Levrero , N. Francia and Rodriguez on September 8, 2009 in Campus)
• 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay (national team) (03: 21.06, set up in the composition with P. Kutscher , M. Kutscher and F. Picasso on July 17, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro )
• 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay (club) (03: 38.37, set up in combination with Mutilva , M. Levrero and Rementeria on November 6, 2005 in Campus)
• 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay (club) (8: 11.86, set up in the composition with M. Acosta , Rementeria and M. Levrero on November 4, 2006 in Campus)

Web links

• Profile on www.london2012.com , accessed July 29, 2012
• Natación - 100 metros libres - Gabriel Melconian (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy, accessed July 29, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bigua.com.uy , accessed July 29, 2012
2. ↑ Gabriel Melconian, la revancha de la trompada (Spanish) of July 26, 2012, accessed on July 29, 2012
3. ↑ Récord nacional para Melconian ( Memento of the original of March 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on March 17, 2012, accessed on July 29, 2012  
4. ↑ Universalidad para elegir a los nadadores  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.ovaciondigital.com.uy on June 14, 2012, accessed on July 29, 2012  
5. ↑ Results of the 100 meter freestyle prelims on www.london2012.com, accessed on July 31, 2012
6. ↑ Melconian quedó 35º - Nada en las manos (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of July 31, 2012, accessed on July 31, 2012
7. ↑ Récords Nacionales Absolutos in the XLS file there on www.fun.org.uy, accessed on August 25, 2012