Rafael Muñoz (swimmer)

Rafael Muñoz Pérez[lower-alpha 1] (born 3 March 1988 in Córdoba) is an Olympic swimmer from Spain. He competed for the Spanish Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games.[1][2]

Rafael Muñoz

Personal information
Full name	Rafael Muñoz Pérez
Nickname(s)	Rafa
Nationality	Spain
Born	(1988-03-03) 3 March 1988 Córdoba, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly
Club	Navial (Spain) C.N. Marseille (France)
Medal record World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 50 m butterfly 2009 Rome 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 2010 Budapest 50 m butterfly 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly 2008 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2012 Chartres 50 m butterfly 2008 Rijeka 100 m butterfly 2012 Chartres 100 m butterfly 2008 Rijeka 50 m butterfly

On April 5, 2009 at the 2009 Spanish Championships, he swam a 22.43 in the long-course 50 butterfly, going under the existing World Record of 22.96 by South Africa's Roland Schoeman. This time, however, was not recognized as the world record until 22 June, when the governing body of aquatic sports, FINA, finally accepted the controversial swimsuit he and many other swimmers had been wearing as they achieved such times.

He is coached by Romain Barnier in France in the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille team.

His suited WR was broken in July 2018, however three of the five best times all-time still belongs to Muñoz (all of these achieved with tech suit). [3]

Notes

1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

References

1. "Rafael Munoz". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rafael Muñoz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
3. "Andrii Govorov Shatters 50 Fly World Record In 22.27". SwimSwam. 1 July 2018.

External links

• Rafa Múñoz at Olympedia
• Rafael Munoz Perez at the International Olympic Committee
• Rafael Munoz Perez at the Olympic Channel
• Rafael Muñoz Pérez at Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)

Records
Preceded by Roland Schoeman	Men's 50-metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 5 April 2009 – 1 July 2018	Succeeded by Andriy Govorov