Luis Alberto Villarroel Vera (born July 2, 1981, in

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

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) is a male diver from

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, who competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

for his native country. He claimed three medals at the

2008 South American Swimming Championships The 2008 South American Aquatics Championships, or ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Primera Fuerza de Deportes Acuáticos'' (as they were called in Spanish), were held March 12–16, 2008, in São Paulo, Brazil. The Championships were an event of CON ...

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.SR/Olympic Sports: Luis Villarroel
"SR/Olympic Sports", Accessed: 7-23-2011.

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1981 births Living people Venezuelan male divers Divers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic divers of Venezuela Sportspeople from Caracas Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in diving Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub