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Roque Santos

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Roque Santos
Personal information
Full nameJames Roque Santos
NicknameRoque
National team United States
Born (1968-01-08) January 8, 1968 (age 56)
Chico, California
DiedChico, CA
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight174 lb (79 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubCurl Burke Swim Club before it became Nations Capital SwimClub
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley

Roque James Santos (born January 8, 1968) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Santos competed in the B Final of the men's 200-meter breaststroke and finished with the twelfth-best time overall.[1]

Chico High School, 1986 - All League, Team Captain. Passing records as QB. Most yards in a career, and in a season and Game. Most TD is a Career, season and game. Also, most Interceptions in a game vs Anderson High School- 5. - Basketball- played the entire game vs the eventual State of California HS Basketball Champions in 1986 - Aptos HS. Team Captain & Mr. Panter!

-1986- True “walk on” at UC Berkeley. Made NCAA and was part of the 4th place team in 1987

• Olympic Team Member - Swimming, 1992 • USA swimming National Champion – 200m Breaststroke, 1992 • American Record Holder, 200m sc. Breaststroke, 1993 • University of California Berkeley Swim Team, Team Captain, School Record Holder, 3-time all-American, 1987-1991 • United States National Swim Team Member 1989-1995 • 38 time Masters Swimming World Record Holder, 145 National Records and 188 National Championships • Inductee, Chico Sports Hall of Fame, and Chico Education Hall of Fame • Chico Community Sportsperson of the Year, and Healthy Chico Kids Role Model Award

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  1. ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Roque Santos. Retrieved October 5, 2012.