Oswaldo Jose Quevedo Boschetti (born August 4, 1976 in

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) is a former

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and

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from

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, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the 2000

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(50m) in

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. Two years later, at the later edition of the same Championship 2002 South American Championships, the sprinter from South America triumphed in the 100m Butterfly. He represented his homeland at the

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in Sydney, Australia. He swam collegiately for the USA's

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in the late 1990s. Quevedo was part of the 200m Freestyle Relay that broke the US Open and NCAA Record at the 2000 NCAA Division I Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. At the

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, he set a Games Record the 100 fly Championship Record in the preliminary heats. This record stood until the final session where it was bettered by fellow Venezuelan Swimmer Francisco Sánchez. He currently holds the World Records in the 50m and 100m butterfly for Masters in his age group.Master World Records
/ref> Lastly, Ozzie is considered by many high-profile coaches in the world as one of the best male swimmers that ever came out of Venezuela, along with Rafael Vidal Castro, Alberto Mestre, Francisco Sanchez and

Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Altes (born September 25, 1986) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2007 World Championships, Subirats won Venezuela's firs ...

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1976 births Living people Auburn Tigers men's swimmers Sportspeople from Maracay Venezuelan male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Venezuelan male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Venezuela Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-swimming-bio-stub