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{{short description|Puerto Rican swimmer}}
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| name           = Carlos Berrocal
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| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|May 18, 1957}}
| birth_place    = [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]], Puerto Rico
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{PUR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | [[Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games|4x100m Medley]] }}NCAA champion for the University of Alabama 100 yard backstroke
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'''Carlos Berrocal''' (born May 18, 1957) is a former [[backstroke]] and [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[swimmer]] from [[Puerto Rico]]. He competed for his native country at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montréal]], Quebec, Canada.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/carlos-berrocal-1.html |title=Carlos Berrocal |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113174338/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/carlos-berrocal-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/summer/1976/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/summer/1976/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Puerto Rico Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games}}</ref>

Two years later Berrocal won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay at the [[1979 Pan American Games]], alongside [[Orlando Catinchi]], [[Arnaldo Pérez]], and [[Fernando Cañales]].  He was one of the Torch Lighters at the [[2010 Central American and Caribbean Games]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Alex |last=Figueroa Cancel |title=Espiritu de Unidad |publisher=Meta |page=3 |date=July 19, 2010 |accessdate=July 19, 2010 |language=Spanish |url=http://www.meta.pr/content/abrazo-latinoamericano |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708110717/http://www.meta.pr/content/abrazo-latinoamericano |archivedate=July 8, 2011 }}</ref>  The [[Natatorio RUM]] now bears his name.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com profile|carlos-berrocal}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican male swimmers]]
[[Category:Male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Pan American Games swimmers for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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