Javier Díaz González (born September 13, 1979) is a Mexican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Mexican record holder in the 50, 100, and 200 m freestyle. Diaz also attended

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, where he majored in economics, and played for the

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. Diaz made his Olympic debut as a 21-year-old native from Mexico at the

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. He failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing thirtieth in the 200 m freestyle (1:53.30), and thirty-seventh in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.28). At the

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, Diaz teamed up with Joshua Ilika Brenner,

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, and Leonardo Salinas Saldana in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the third leg, Diaz recorded a split of 1:53.34, and the Mexicans rounded out an eight-team field to last place and fifteenth overall in a new national record of 7:29.54. Shortly after his second Olympics, Diaz retired from swimming to work as a sports analyst for

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. He also became a network's swimming commentator for the

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, and eventually, for the

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References

External links

Player Bio – Purdue Boilermakers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz, Javier 1979 births Living people Mexican male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers of Mexico Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mexican male freestyle swimmers Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Purdue Boilermakers men's swimmers Sportspeople from Saltillo