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Alejandro Luis Alvizuri Mack (born April 18, 1968) is a retired
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, who represented his native country in three consecutive
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, starting in
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). His biggest success was winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m backstroke at the
1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...
. Alvizuri has a long history of accomplishments in South American Championships and Games. Between 1983 and 1992, Alejandro earned a total of 14 South American Championship medals, from which he has won gold five times. While a varsity swimmer at the
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, Alejandro became a four-time All American, and a four-time Letter winner at Michigan. He is also a former U of M and Big Ten record holder in several events, being co-captain of the Michigan team his senior year. At the 1992 Olympics, he set for the last time Peru Records in the 100 and 200 backstrokes (57.72 and 2:03.10). As of 2012, both are still the national records.


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1968 births Living people Peruvian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Peru Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Michigan Wolverines men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen {{Peru-swimming-bio-stub