Martín López-Zubero

Martín López-Zubero is a former competition swimmer who was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on 23 April 1969 and swam internationally for Spain, holding dual Spanish and American citizenship. A backstroke specialist from a swimming family, he is the younger brother of David López-Zubero, an Olympic bronze medallist in 1980. He swam for the University of Florida, where he won four NCAA championships, and competed at three Summer Olympics, in 1988, 1992 and 1996. At Barcelona in 1992 he won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke. He was world champion in the 200 metre backstroke in 1991 and in the 100 metre backstroke in 1994, won European titles between 1989 and 1997, and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004. After competing he became a swimming coach and school aquatics director.