Personal information | |
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Full name | Mario Enrique Montoya Segnini |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | San José, Costa Rica | August 18, 1989
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke |
Mario Montoya (born August 18, 1989 in San José, Costa Rica)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He has represented his native country at the:
- 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics,[1][2]
- 2007 Pan American Games,
- 2007 World Championships, and
- 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
As of July 2018, he holds the Costa Rican record in the 100 m, 200 m and 800 m freestyle and the 100 m backstroke in long course swimming and the 200 m freestyle short course.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Montoya's bio from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-06-24
- ^ "Mario Montoya Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
Nowadays
[edit]Mario obtained a master's degree in Network Administration at Universidad del Turao in Puerto Rico. He currently works in Microsoft as a Support Engineer.