Joaquín Fernández Corredor (born January 22, 1971, in
Mataró,
Catalonia) is a former
medley
Medley or Medleys may refer to:
Sports
*Medley swimming, races requiring multiple swimming styles
* Medley relay races at track meets
Music
*Medley (music), multiple pieces strung together
People
*Medley (surname), list of people with this nam ...
and
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 ...
swimmer
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from
Spain. He competed at three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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for his native country, starting in
1988
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in
Seoul, South Korea.
References
Spanish Olympic Committee
1971 births
Living people
Spanish male medley swimmers
Spanish male breaststroke swimmers
Male medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Spain
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Spanish people
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