Ricardo Marmolejo

Personal information

Full name

Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez

National team

Mexico

Born

March 29, 1954

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

73 kg (161 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Medley, butterfly

College team

University of Texas

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Mexico
Pan American Games
	1971 Cali	400 m medley
	1975 Mexico City	400 m medley

Ricardo Marmolejo Álvarez (born March 29, 1954)^[1] is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Mexico. He swam for the Mexico National Swim Team at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.

He is the father of 3-time Olympian Adriana Marmolejo; his son Pablo has also been a member of Mexico's swimming national team.^[2]

Marmolejo swam collegiately in the USA for University of Texas.^[3]

As a coach, Marmolejo placed a swimmer in the Olympic Games of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. He was the Head Coach of Mexico's Olympic Team in 2008. His current team, Marmo Natadores are the 2014 State of Mexico Age Group Champions. He is the resident coach at the Comite Olympico Mexicano in Mexico City.

References

↑ Marmolejo's entry from www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-18.
↑ Pablo Marmolejo's bio from the West Virginia University athletics website; retrieved 2009-07-09.
↑ Adriana's bio from the Arizona State University athletics website, listing that her father (Ricardo) attended ASU; published 2009-01; retrieved 2009-07-09

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 200 m medley

1966: Rafael Hernández (MEX) 1970: Tomás Becerra (COL) 1974: Ricardo Marmolejo (MEX) 1978: Helmut Levy (COL) 1982: Andrey Aguilar (CRC) 1986 – 1990: Rodrigo González (MEX) 1993: Walter Sosa (NCA) 1998: Neisser Bent (CUB) 2002: Diego Urreta (MEX) 2006 – 2010: Bradley Ally (BAR)

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

1959 – 1962: Mauricio Ocampo (MEX) 1966: Guillermo Echevarría (MEX) 1970: Tomás Becerra (COL) 1974: Ricardo Marmolejo (MEX) 1978: Guillermo Zabala (MEX) 1982: Tizoc Guemez (MEX) 1986: Pavel Bello (CUB) 1990: David Monasterio (PUR) 1993: Alejandro Bermúdez (COL) 1998: Gunter Rodríguez (CUB) 2002: Juan Veloz (MEX) 2006 – 2010: Bradley Ally (BAR)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x100 m medley relay

1959: Mexico (Mejía, Marmolejo, Ríos, Uribe)
1962: Mexico (Rabell, Marmolejo, Ríos, Escalante)
1966: Mexico (Echevarría, Hernández, Altamirano, Ruíz)
1970: Mexico (J. Santibáñez, M. Santibáñez, Cal, Muñoz)
1974: Mexico (Álvarez, Marmolejo, Necochea, Escanero)
1978: Puerto Rico (Berrocal, Catinchi, Pérez, Cañales)
1982: Venezuela (Frigo, Sochasky, Vidal, Mestre)
1986: Venezuela (Frigo, Henão, Umaña, Mestre)
1990: Puerto Rico (Guzmán, Torres, Santaella, Busquets)
1993: Cuba (Falcón, González, Menéndez, Casas)
1998: Cuba (Falcón, Rodríguez, García, Hernández)
2002: Mexico (Rodela, González, Ilika, Siqueiros)
2006: Venezuela (Subirats, Pinto, Alesi, Rojas)
2010: Venezuela (Subirats, Andara, Alesi, Acuña)

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