Alfredo Jacobo Rodríguez (born April 7, 1982) is an Olympic breaststroke

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from Mexico.

Career

Alfredo is the older brother of fellow Mexican swimmer, Alejandro Jacobo. He represented Mexico at the

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.Alejandro Jacobo's bio
from the Texas A&M Athletics website; retrieved 2009-06-29. Jacobo also swam for Mexico at the

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and

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. As of March 2008, he holds the Mexican Records in the long-course (50m) 50 breaststroke; and the short-course (25m) 50, 100 and 200 breaststrokes. Alfredo, and his brother Alejandro, both competed/attended college and swam in the USA at

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References

1982 births Living people Mexican male breaststroke swimmers Texas A&M Aggies men's swimmers Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers of Mexico Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Sportspeople from León, Guanajuato Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Mexican people 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub