Mario Montoya (born August 18, 1989 in

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San ...

)Montoya's bio
from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-06-24 is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

. He represented native country at the: *

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

and

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, *

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

, * 2007 World Championships, and *

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games The 20th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games was held in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The tournament began on July 15 and ended on July 30. Host city *Main host city **Cartagena de Indias *Subsites: **Barranquilla, Colombia ( ...

As of July 2018, he holds the Costa Rican record in the 100 m, 200 m and 800 m freestyle and the 100 m backstroke in long course swimming and the 200 m freestyle short course.

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Mario obtained a master's degree in Network Administration at Universidad del Turao in Puerto Rico. He currently works in Microsoft as a Support Engineer. 1989 births Living people Costa Rican male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Costa Rica Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica {{CostaRica-swimming-bio-stub