Ricardo Monasterio

Venezuelan swimmer (born 1978)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Monasterio and the second or maternal family name is  Guimaraes.

Ricardo Monasterio

Personal information

Full name| Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes
National team|  Venezuela
Born|  (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978 (age 46)
Caracas, Venezuela
Height| 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight| 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle
College team| University of Florida (U.S.)

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Venezuela
Pan American Games
| 2003 Santo Domingo | 400 m free
| 2003 Santo Domingo | 1500 m free
| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 1500 m free
| 1999 Winnipeg | 1500 m free
| 2011 Guadalajara | 4×200 m free

Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes (born October 22, 1978) is a former competition swimmer who represented Venezuela at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1999 to 2001. He received four All-American honors while swimming for the Gators. Monasterio graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in statistics in 2004.

Monasterio won the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle events at the 2003 Pan American Games.[1]

## See also

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* Olympics portal

* List of University of Florida alumni
* List of University of Florida Olympians
* South American records in swimming

## References

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1. ^ "Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

## External links

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* Ricardo Monasterio – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com

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Pan American Champions in Men's 400 m freestyle

* 1951:  Tetsuo Okamoto (BRA)
* 1955:  Jimmy McLane (USA)
* 1959:  George Breen (USA)
* 1963:  Roy Saari (USA)
* 1967:  Greg Charlton (USA)
* 1971:  Jim McConica (USA)
* 1975:  Doug Northway (USA)
* 1979:  Brian Goodell (USA)
* 1983:  Bruce Hayes (USA)
* 1987:  Paul Robinson (USA)
* 1991:  Sean Killion (USA)
* 1995:  Josh Davis (USA)
* 1999:  Luiz Lima (BRA)
* 2003:  Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
* 2007:  Matt Patton (USA)
* 2011:  Charlie Houchin (USA)
* 2015:  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
* 2019:  Andrew Abruzzo (USA)
* 2023:  Guilherme Costa (BRA)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 1500 m freestyle

* 1951:  Tetsuo Okamoto (BRA)
* 1955:  Jimmy McLane (USA)
* 1959:  Alan Somers (USA)
* 1963:  Roy Saari (USA)
* 1967:  Mike Burton (USA)
* 1971:  Pat Miles (USA)
* 1975:  Bobby Hackett (USA)
* 1979:  Brian Goodell (USA)
* 1983:  Jeff Kostoff (USA)
* 1987:  Alex Kostich (USA)
* 1991:  Alex Kostich (USA)
* 1995:  Carlton Bruner (USA)
* 1999:  Tim Siciliano (USA)
* 2003:  Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
* 2007:  Chip Peterson (USA)
* 2011:  Arthur Frayler (USA)
* 2015:  Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
* 2019:  Guilherme Costa (BRA)
* 2023:  Guilherme Costa (BRA)

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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 400 m freestyle

* 1926 - 1930: Leonel Smith (CUB)
* 1935: Raúl del Valle (CUB)
* 1938: Alberto Raurell (CUB)
* 1946: Luis González (COL)
* 1950: Alberto Isaac (MEX)
* 1954: Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX)
* 1959 - 1962: Mauricio Ocampo (MEX)
* 1962: Jorge Escalante (MEX)
* 1966: Guillermo Echevarría (MEX)
* 1970: Tomás Becerra (COL)
* 1974: Guillermo García (MEX)
* 1978: Fernando Cañales (PUR)
* 1982 - 1986: Alberto Mestre (VEN)
* 1990: Jorge Herrera (PUR)
* 1993: Jaime Lipszyc (CRC)
* 1998 - 2002: Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
* 2006: Iván López (MEX)
* 2010: Cristian Quintero (VEN)
* 2014: Mateo de Angulo (COL)
* 2018: Marcelo Acosta (ESA)

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Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 1500 m freestyle

* 1926 - 1930: Leonel Smith (CUB)
* 1935: Raúl del Valle (CUB)
* 1938: Alberto Raurell (CUB)
* 1946: Luis González (COL)
* 1950: Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX)
* 1954: Gilberto Martínez (COL)
* 1959: Mauricio Ocampo (MEX)
* 1962: Alfredo Guzmán (MEX)
* 1962: Jorge Escalante (MEX)
* 1966: Guillermo Echevarría (MEX)
* 1970 - 1974: Guillermo García (MEX)
* 1978: César Sánchez (MEX)
* 1982: Rafael Vidal (VEN)
* 1986: Pedro Carrío (CUB)
* 1990: Jorge Herrera (PUR)
* 1993: Jaime Lipszyc (CRC)
* 1998 - 2006: Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
* 2010: Alejandro Gómez (VEN)
* 2014: Marcelo Acosta (ESA)
* 2018: Ricardo Vargas (MEX)

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