Marcelo Alberto Acosta Jiménez (born 11 July 1996) is a retired Salvadoran

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Career

At the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page< ...

, Acosta set the Games record in the 1500m freestyle at 15:22.43. At the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

, he carried the Salvadoran flag into the stadium. As of August 2016, he holds the Salvadoran records in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters. In 2016, Marcelo Acosta became the first swimmer from El Salvador to qualify for the Olympic Games with an "A" cut. At the third stop of the Arena Pro Series in Orlando, Acosta won the 1500m race with a time of 15:13.09. At the

2016 Olympic Games The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio de Janeiro, Acosta finished 22nd in the 1500m freestyle with a new national record time of 15:08.17. At the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

, Acosta finished in 14th place in both the 800 m freestyle at 7:55.70 and the 1500m freestyle at 15:04:79. He competed for the

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. He competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. On 20 June 2022 Marcelo announced his retirement from professional swimming,

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* 1996 births Living people Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Salvadoran male swimmers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic swimmers for El Salvador Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for El Salvador Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for El Salvador Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for El Salvador Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Louisville Cardinals men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States {{ElSalvador-swimming-bio-stub