Omar Pinzón
Colombian Swimmer Omar Pinzon debuts at the Colombian Swimming Nationals in Cucuta May 2017
Personal information
Full nameOmar Andrés Pinzón García
National team Colombia
Born (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989
Bogotá, Colombia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes
ClubDeportivo Nautilus
College teamUniversity of Florida (U.S.)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 3 4 4
Pan American Games 0 1 0
CAC Games 9 7 6
South American Games 2 5 5
South American Championships 2 6 12
Bolivarian Games 12 6 3
Total 28 29 30
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 Singapore200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2011 Beijing200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2011 Tokyo200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2010 Rio de Janeiro200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2016 Doha200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2016 Singapore200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2016 Hong Kong200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2011 Beijing50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2011 Singapore100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2015 Singapore200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2016 Dubai200 m backstroke
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara200 m backstroke
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Mayagüez50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2010 Mayagüez200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2010 Mayagüez200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2010 Mayagüez4×200m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2014 Veracruz100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2014 Veracruz200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2014 Veracruz200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2018 Barranquilla100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2006 Cartagena50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2006 Cartagena100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2006 Cartagena200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2014 Veracruz4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Barranquilla4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Barranquilla4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place2023 San Salvador4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place2006 Cartagena4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2010 Mayagüez200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2010 Mayagüez4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2014 Veracruz4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2018 Barranquilla200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2023 San Salvador200 m backstroke
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Cochabamba200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2018 Cochabamba4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2018 Cochabamba100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2022 Asunción4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Cochabamba200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2018 Cochabamba4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Asunción50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2022 Asunción100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2022 Asunción200 m medley
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Belém200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2021 Buenos Aires200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2006 Medellín200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2006 Medellín400 m medley
Silver medal – second place2012 Belém100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2016 Asunción200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2018 Trujillo100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2021 Buenos Aires200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2004 Maldonado200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2006 Medellín200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2012 Belém50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2012 Belém200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2012 Belém4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2016 Asunción100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2016 Asunción4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2018 Trujillo50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2018 Trujillo4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2018 Trujillo4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Trujillo4×100 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place2021 Buenos Aires100 m backstroke
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Armenia-Pereira100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2005 Armenia-Pereira200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2009 Sucre200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2009 Sucre200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2017 Santa Marta100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2017 Santa Marta200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2017 Santa Marta 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar200 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2022 Valledupar4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place2005 Armenia-Pereira200 m medley
Silver medal – second place2005 Armenia-Pereira4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2005 Armenia-Pereira4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2009 Sucre400 m medley
Silver medal – second place2017 Santa Marta4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2017 Santa Marta4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2005 Armenia-Pereira200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2009 Sucre100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2009 Sucre200 m butterfly

Omar Andrés Pinzón García (born June 17, 1989) is a competitive swimmer who represented Colombia at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished in thirty-fifth place in the men's 200-meter backstroke. Pinzón competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke, the 200 and 400-meter individual medley, and the 200-meter butterfly. His best 2008 Olympic performance was in the 200-meter backstroke, where he placed seventeenth with a time of 1:59.11.[1]

Pinzón was born in Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia. He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from Gimnasio Britanico high school in Chía in 2005. Pinzón received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010.[2] In his four-year Gator swimming career, Pinzón received twelve All-American honors.

Pinzón won his first gold medal at a Swimming World Cup in Singapore in 2011 in the 200-meter backstroke. Pinzón then won gold medals in Shanghai and Tokyo in the 200-meter backstroke.[3]

Pinzón tested positive for cocaine in November 2012 and was subsequently banned from competing for two years.[4] In 2014, however, after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the suspension was overturned due to several inconsistencies in the testing process.[5] He returned to the competition in 2014 to represent his country at the Central American and Caribbean Games.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Omar Pinzón. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, 2008 Roster, Omar Pinzón Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Omar Pinzón ganó medalla de oro en Japón," El Colombiano (November 13, 2013). Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Omar Pinzon Allegedly Tests Positive For Cocaine Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine," Swimming World Magazine (November 28, 2012). Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  5. ↑ Braden, Keith (April 8, 2014). "Omar Pinzon Absolved By Court of Arbitration For Sport After Positive Cocaine Test". SwimSwam.
  6. ↑ "Ómar Pinzón, oro y récord en la natación de los Centroamericanos". El Espectador (in Spanish). November 17, 2014.
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