Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (1906 to 1986) was an Argentine freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where at eighteen he reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres freestyle, and at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam he won the 400 metres freestyle in 5:01.6, setting an Olympic record and becoming the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal. He was named flag bearer for Argentina at the 1932 Games but missed the competition through illness. He later swam for the New York Athletic Club, became a United States citizen in 1954, settled in New York and died in Miami.
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Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (April 6, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Argentine swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he became the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.
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Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (April 6, 1906, April 23, 1986) was an Argentine swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he became the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.
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He swam for the New York Athletic Club and in 1954 became a U.S citizen.
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