Facundo José Arregui (born 15 September 1997) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

who competes at international swimming competitions. He specialises in

freestyle swimming Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most commo ...

and

open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...

. He is a

Parapan American Games The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ...

champion and a

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silver medalist in freestyle swimming. He also competed at the

Argentina at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernández (wheelchair tennis), Gustavo Fernandez has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the 2016 Sum ...

where he finished fifth place in the 400 m freestyle S7 event.

Family

Arregui's father is Fernando Arregui is a

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player, he competed in the

water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 23 to October 29, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico. Each men's and women's team consisted of 13 athletes. Therefore, a total of 208 athletes competed in ...

and is also Facundo's swimming coach. Facundo's sister Camilla Arregui is a

synchronized swimmer Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...

who has competed at the

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and

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arregui, Facundo 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Paralympic swimmers for Argentina Argentine male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2023 Parapan American Games Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships S7-classified para swimmers