Albert Subirats

Albert Subirats Altes (born September 25, 1986)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.[2] At the 2007 World Championships, Subirats won Venezuela's first (long course) World Championships medal.

Albert Subirats

Albert Subirats (left) in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Albert Subirats Altes
Nickname(s)	"El Torpedo"
National team	Venezuela
Born	(1986-09-25) September 25, 1986 Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
College team	University of Arizona (2004–'07)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Venezuela World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 100 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 50 m butterfly 2006 Shanghai 100 m butterfly 2010 Dubai 100 m butterfly Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 100 m butterfly 2007 Rio 100 m butterfly 2007 Rio 4×100 m free 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m free Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena 100 m freestyle 2006 Cartagena 50 m butterfly 2006 Cartagena 100 m butterfly 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m free 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley 2010 Mayagüez 100m freestyle 2010 Mayagüez 100m backstroke 2010 Mayagüez 100m butterfly 2010 Mayagüez 4×100 m free 2010 Mayagüez 4×100 m medley 2014 Veracruz 50 m backstroke 2014 Veracruz 50 m butterfly 2014 Veracruz 100 m butterfly 2014 Veracruz 4x100 m free 2014 Veracruz 4x100 m medley 2006 Cartagena 50 m freestyle 2006 Cartagena 4x200 m free 2010 Mayagüez 50m freestyle 2010 Mayagüez 50m butterfly 2014 Veracruz 100 m backstroke 2010 Mayagüez 50m backstroke 2014 Veracruz 100 m freestyle South American Games 2002 Belém 100 m freestyle 2002 Belém 400 m freestyle 2010 Medellin 50 m butterfly 2010 Medellin 100 m butterfly 2010 Medellin 4×100 m free 2010 Medellin 4×200 m free 2014 Santiago 100 m backstroke 2014 Santiago 100 m butterfly 2002 Belém 4×100 m free 2002 Belém 4×100 m medley 2002 Belém 50 m freestyle 2002 Belém 200 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 100 m freestyle 2014 Santiago 4×100 m free 2014 Santiago 4×100 m medley

Collegiately, he attended the University of Arizona in the United States, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team from 2004 to 2007. While at Arizona, he was a 3-time individual NCAA champion, winning the 100 yd fly his junior and senior years (2006, 2007) and the 100 back (2006).[3]

As of June 2009, he holds the Venezuelan records in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, 50 m and 100 m backstroke and 50 & 100 m butterfly (long course) and was part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley teams that hold those record. In the short course, he holds the 50 m backstroke and 50 m and 100 m butterfly records. He also holds the South American long course 100 m butterfly record, and the short course 50 m backstroke record.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set a Games Record in winning the men's 100 m freestyle (49.55); bettering the record of 50.00 set by fellow Venezuelan Francisco Sánchez on August 11, 1998, at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo.[4]