Roque Santos
Personal information | |
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Full name | James Roque Santos |
Nickname | Roque |
National team | United States |
Born | Chico, California | January 8, 1968
Died | Chico, CA |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Club | Curl Burke Swim Club before it became Nations Capital SwimClub |
College team | University 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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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Roque Santos. Retrieved October 5, 2012.