Luis Enrique Rojas Carpena (born July 5, 1979)
from the Arizona Athletics website; published 2004, retrieved 2009-06-21. is an Olympic

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and National Record holder from Venezuela. He swam for his native country at the

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. He swam collegiately in the United States, first at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (1999–2001) and then at the

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(2002–2004).

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1979 births Living people 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people People from Guanare Venezuelan male swimmers Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers Venezuelan expatriate swimmers in the United States Hawaii Rainbow Warriors swimmers Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games silver medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{Venezuela-swimming-bio-stub