Sergio López Miró (born August 15, 1968) is a former international top swimmer from Spain, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
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| Full name | Sergio López Miró | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1968 Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club Natació Sabadell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Indiana University (U.S.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He competed in college for Indiana University and American University. López served as the head coach for the men's and women's swim teams at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, he became the head swimming coach at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida and coached several swimmers onto the U.S. national team. This includes Ariana Kukors, Charlie Houchin, Ryan Murphy and also Singapore’s Joseph Schooling.
He was appointed head coach of Singapore Swimming as well as an adviser coach of the coaching academy of the Singapore Sports Institute, with his term starting on January 1, 2015.[1]
On April 30, 2018, Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock announced Lopez's hiring as head coach for the university's swimming and diving programs.
He won his first international medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
References
edit- ^ "Sergio Lopez appointed as head coach of Singapore Swimming". Singapore Swimming Association. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
External links
edit- West Virginia University athletics profile Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
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