Héctor Ruvalcaba
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| Born | June 26, 1997 Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Héctor Ruvalcaba Cruz (born 26 June 1997) is a Mexican male swimmer who competed at the collegiate level for the Incarnate Word Cardinals.
Born in Guadalajara, Ruvalcaba began swimming at age eight and moved to Tijuana with his family as a teenager.[1]
Ruvalcaba started competing at the international level in the 2017 Summer Universiade.[2] He won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly and a bronze in the 200m individual medley at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3][4] He later competed at the 2019 Pan American Games, where he reached two finals.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ruvalcaba returned home to Tijuana to train in hopes of qualifying for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He joined the LA Current for the 2021 International Swimming League.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Suárez, Gustavo (26 August 2016). "Nadadores bajacalifornianos buscarán representar a México en JO de 2020". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Cruz, Carlos (23 April 2020). "Héctor Ruvalcaba, con más tiempo para buscar la marca A". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Héctor Ruvalcaba consigue plata en Centroamericanos". Informador.mx (in Spanish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Héctor Ruvalcaba se queda con bronce en Barranquilla 2018". Informador.mx (in Spanish). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Villegas, Abril (12 September 2021). "Mi objetivo es París 2024, es el sueño: Héctor Ruvalcaba, nadador mexicano". Esto (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Incarnate Word Cardinals bio
- https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1020517/hector-ruvalcaba/profile
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- Living people
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- Mexican male butterfly swimmers
- Mexican male medley swimmers
- Incarnate Word Cardinals athletes
- College men's swimmers in the United States
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- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
- Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Sportspeople from Tijuana
- Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen
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