Rodrigo González Sesma (born March 13, 1968, in
Torreón
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,
Coahuila
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,
Mexico
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) is a retired Olympic
freestyle swimmer
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. He competed at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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.
International competitions
Summer Olympics
The first was the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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, as part of the
Mexico swimming team of seven men and three women that competed in 21 sporting events. The second was the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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,
Spain
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, as part of the
Mexico swimming team of four men and five women that competed in 8 sporting events.
Pan American Games
He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the
1991 Pan American Games
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.
''XI Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos'' (XI Pan American Sports Games official report on PanamSports.org
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References
External links
1968 births
Living people
Mexican male freestyle swimmers
Swimmers at the 1987 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Mexico
Sportspeople from Torreón
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming
Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
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