Francisco Demetrio Sánchez Betancourt (born September 6, 1976) is a former

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and freestyle swimmer from

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, who won the 50 meter freestyle at the

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(25 meter pool) in

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. Two years later, at the third edition of

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, he won the 50 meter and the 100 meter freestyle. He swam collegiately for the USA's Arizona State University in the late 1990s. At the

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, he set a Championship Record in the 100 fly (53.86). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Albert Subirats.Men's 100 fly results
from the 2006 CACs.

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