Javier Hernández Maradiaga (born May 8, 1988) is a Honduran swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has currently owned a Central American record in the 200 m butterfly. Hernandez also spent his college career in the United States as a member of the

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swimming and diving team under head coach Craig Penrose while pursuing his major in

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. Hernandez received a Universality invitation from

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to compete as Honduras' lone male swimmer in the men's 200 m butterfly at the

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. Hernandez fired off a 2:02.23 on a high-tech bodysuit to blast a new Honduran record, but could not catch Peru's Emmanuel Crescimbeni to get the fourth spot by just a tenth of a second (0.1), dropping him back to dead-last in the opening heat, and rounding out the roster to forty-second overall in the prelims. In 2015, Hernandez finished 2nd in the country in SIRVA overall with an impressive 4.73 average out of 5.

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1988 births Living people Honduran male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Honduras Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers Sportspeople from Puerto Cortés 21st-century Honduran sportsmen {{Honduras-swimming-bio-stub