Francisco Suriano (born 21 July 1978) is an Olympic

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

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from

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

. He swam for El Salvador at the: *Olympics:

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*World Championships: 1998, 2003 *Pan American Games:

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*Central American & Caribbean Games: 1998, 2002

References

1978 births Living people Salvadoran male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for El Salvador Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for El Salvador Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming {{ElSalvador-swimming-bio-stub