Guillermo García (born November 17, 1955)
from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-18. is a 2-time Olympic distance swimmer from

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. He swam for Mexico at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

and 1976 Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m Freestyle at the

1971 Pan American Games The 1971 Pan American Games, officially known as the VI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Cali 1971, were held in Cali, Colombia, from 30 July to 13 August 1971. (One source dates the Games from July 25 to August 8.) A total of 2,935 ...

, and was a finalist in the same event at the

1972 Olympics 1972 Olympics refers to both: *1972 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan *1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an ...

References

1955 births Living people Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Mexican male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican people 20th-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub