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 | (1968-08-15) 15 August 1968 (age 54) 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.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 has coached several swimmers onto the U.S. national team: 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.
Mediterranean Games champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke | |
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1988 Spain Olympic swimming team | ||
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1992 Spain Olympic swimming team | ||
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