Guillermo Echevarría Pérez (13 May 1948 – 24 November 2021) was a Mexican
swimmer who competed at the
1964 Summer Olympics and the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
.
Echevarría was born on 13 May 1948 in
Mexico City
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. He briefly held the world record in the
1500 meter (long course), breaking
Mike Burton's record in 1968, before Burton took the record back two months later.
Echevarría died on 24 November 2021, at the age of 73.
See also
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World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
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References
1948 births
2021 deaths
Swimmers from Mexico City
Mexican male freestyle swimmers
Mexican male backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Mexico
Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
20th-century Mexican people
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