Victor Andres Plata (born April 1, 1973) is a triathlete from the

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. He is a native of

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and his hometown is Santa Cruz, California. Mr. Plata competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the

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. He placed twenty-seventh with a total time of 1:57:09.09. Plata was the alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 2000. In 2005 Plata was ranked as high as 4th in the

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World Rankings for triathlon. In 1997 Plata graduated from

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in San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences.

External links

Victor Plata's U.S. Olympic Team biographyVictor Plata's International Triathlon Union athlete profile
1973 births Living people Triathletes at the 2003 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics American male triathletes Olympic triathletes of the United States Sportspeople from Minneapolis Pan American Games competitors for the United States {{US-triathlon-bio-stub