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Javier Hernández Maradiaga

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Javier Hernández Maradiaga
Personal information
Full nameJavier Hernández Maradiaga
National team Honduras
Born (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36)
Puerto Cortés, Honduras
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
College teamLindenwood University (U.S.)
CoachCraig Penrose (U.S.)

Javier Hernández Maradiaga (born May 8, 1988) is a Honduran swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He represented his nation Honduras at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently owned a Central American record in the 200 m butterfly. Hernandez also spent his college career in the United States as a member of the Lindenwood Lions swimming and diving team under head coach Craig Penrose while pursuing his major in computer science at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.

Hernandez received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as Honduras' lone male swimmer in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Hernandez fired off a 2:02.23 on a high-tech bodysuit to blast a new Honduran record, but could not catch Peru's Emmanuel Crescimbeni to get the fourth spot by just a tenth of a second (0.1), dropping him back to dead-last in the opening heat, and rounding out the roster to forty-second overall in the prelims.[3] In 2015, Hernandez finished 2nd in the country in SIRVA overall with an impressive 4.73 average out of 5.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Javier Hernández Maradiaga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ ""Las expectativas son grandes"" ["Expectations are getting higher"] (in Spanish). Honduras: La Prensa. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Swimming: Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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