Eulalio Ríos Alemán
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 Eulalio Ríos with Marco Antonio Muñoz, governor of Veracruz. c. 1955 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eulalio Ríos Alemán |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Born | 21 January 1935 Hueyapan de Ocampo, Mexico |
| Died | 1980 |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
Medal record | |
Eulalio Ríos Alemán (21 January 1935[1] – c. 1980) was a Mexican Olympic swimmer.
Family
[edit]He was born to a low-income family in a small town in the state of Veracruz, and from a young age he trained to swim against the current of a brook that passed near his home, in Hueyapan de Ocampo, to the south of Catemaco on the road to Coatzacoalcos.
Early years
[edit]He was already a fast freestyle swimmer with a thudding kick when he went to Xalapa to study law and to be coached in swimming.
In 1956 he learned the butterfly stroke under the guidance of his trainer Antonio Murrieta and watched an exhibition of the (by that time) "new dolphin kick" technique by the experienced swimmer Walter Ocampo, of Mexico City's Centro Deportivo Chapultepec.
He practiced and learned quickly in the cold waters of the rustic pool "La PLaya", near Los Berros park in Xalapa.
Within a few months he swam successfully in the olympic trials and was ready to compete for Mexico in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
Competitions, records, prizes
[edit]- Panamerican Games
- Centroamerican Games
- USA Open National Championships
- 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games: He competed in the 200 meters butterfly, passed the qualifications heats and participated in the final, becoming the first Mexican swimmer to have done so in Olympic Games.
- 1960 Rome Olympic Games Eulalio reached the semifinals.
- "Trofeo Latinoamericano Cabeza De Palenque" awarded by the International Swimming Hall Of Fame" (at Fort Lauderdale, FL) "for the 1956 Olympics where he placed 6th in the 200m fly".[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eulalio Ríos Alemán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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- Mexican male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Mexico
- Sportspeople from Veracruz
- Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- People from Xalapa
- 1935 births
- 1980s deaths
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen