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{{Short description|Colombian swimmer (born 1989)}}
{{family name hatnote|Pinzón|García|lang=Spanish}} 
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Omar Pinzón
| image          = Omar Pinzon Cucuta Competition 2017.jpg
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| caption        = Colombian Swimmer Omar Pinzon debuts at the Colombian Swimming Nationals in Cucuta May 2017
| fullname       = Omar Andrés Pinzón García
| nicknames      =
| national_team  = {{COL}}
| strokes        = {{ubl|[[Backstroke]]|[[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]|[[Medley swimming|Individual medley]]}}
| club           = Deportivo Nautilus
| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]] (U.S.)
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Bogotá|Bogotá, Colombia]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{COL}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[World Aquatics Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]|3|4|4
|[[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]|0|1|0
|[[Central American and Caribbean Games|CAC Games]]|9|7|6
|[[South American Games]]|2|5|5
|[[South American Swimming Championships|South American Championships]]|2|6|12
|[[Bolivarian Games]]|12|6|3
|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Swimming World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 FINA Swimming World Cup|2011 Singapore]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Beijing|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Tokyo|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 FINA Swimming World Cup|2010 Rio de Janeiro]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2016 FINA Swimming World Cup|2016 Doha]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Singapore|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Hong Kong|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Beijing|50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Singapore|100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 FINA Swimming World Cup|2015 Singapore]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Dubai|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]]|50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Mayagüez|4×200m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|2014 Veracruz]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Veracruz|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Veracruz|200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games|2018 Barranquilla]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games|2023 San Salvador]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]]|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 50 metre backstroke|50 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Cartagena|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Cartagena|[[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Veracruz|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Barranquilla|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Barranquilla|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 San Salvador|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Cartagena|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Mayagüez|200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Mayagüez|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Veracruz|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Barranquilla|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 San Salvador|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2018 South American Games|2018 Cochabamba]]|200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Cochabamba|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Cochabamba|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Swimming at the 2022 South American Games|2022 Asunción]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Asunción|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Asunción|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Asunción|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Cochabamba|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Cochabamba|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Asunción|50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Asunción|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Asunción|200 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[South American Swimming Championships|South American Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 South American Swimming Championships|2012 Belém]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|[[2021 South American Swimming Championships|2021 Buenos Aires]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Medellín|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Medellín|400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Belém|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2016 South American Swimming Championships|2016 Asunción]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 South American Swimming Championships|2018 Trujillo]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Buenos Aires|200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 South American Swimming Championships|2004 Maldonado]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Medellín|200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Belém|50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Belém|200 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 Belém|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Asunción|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Asunción|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Trujillo|50 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Trujillo|4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Trujillo|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Trujillo|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Buenos Aires|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Bolivarian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Bolivarian Games|2005 Armenia-Pereira]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Armenia-Pereira|200  m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Bolivarian Games|2009 Sucre]]|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Sucre|200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 Bolivarian Games#Swimming|2017 Santa Marta]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Santa Marta|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2017 Santa Marta |4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalGold|[[Swimming at the 2022 Bolivarian Games|2022 Valledupar]]|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Valledupar|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Valledupar|200 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Valledupar|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Valledupar|4×100 m mixed medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Armenia-Pereira|200 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Armenia-Pereira|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Armenia-Pereira|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Sucre|400 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Santa Marta|4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Santa Marta|4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Armenia-Pereira|200 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Sucre|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Sucre|200 m butterfly}}
}}

'''Omar Andrés Pinzón García''' (born June 17, 1989) is a competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented [[Colombia]] at the [[Colombia at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]] in Athens, Greece and [[Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]] in Beijing, China.  Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the [[University of Florida]].

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, Pinzón finished in thirty-fifth place in the men's 200-meter [[backstroke]].  Pinzón competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke, the 200 and 400-meter individual medley, and the 200-meter butterfly. His best 2008 Olympic performance was in the 200-meter backstroke, where he placed seventeenth with a time of 1:59.11.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225559/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/omar-pinzon-1.html  Omar Pinzón].  Retrieved August 5, 2010.</ref>

Pinzón was born in [[Bogotá]], [[Capital districts and territories|Distrito Capital]], Colombia.  He attended [[The Bolles School]] in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and graduated from Gimnasio Britanico high school in Chía in 2005.  Pinzón received an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach [[Gregg Troy]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010.<ref>GatorZone.com, Men's Swimming & Diving, 2008 Roster, [http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=27  Omar Pinzón] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001185040/http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/men/bios.php?year=2008&player_id=27 |date=2012-10-01 }}.  Retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref>  In his four-year Gator swimming career, Pinzón received twelve [[All-American]] honors.

Pinzón won his first gold medal at a Swimming World Cup in Singapore in 2011 in the 200-meter backstroke.  Pinzón then won gold medals in Shanghai and Tokyo in the 200-meter [[backstroke]].<ref>"[http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/O/omar_pinzon_gano_medalla_de_oro_en_japon/omar_pinzon_gano_medalla_de_oro_en_japon.asp  Omar Pinzón ganó medalla de oro en Japón]," ''El Colombiano'' (November 13, 2013).  Retrieved November 20, 2011.</ref>

Pinzón tested positive for [[cocaine]] in November 2012 and was subsequently banned from competing for two years.<ref>"[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/32758.asp?q=Omar-Pinzon-Allegedly-Tests-Positive-For-Cocaine  Omar Pinzon Allegedly Tests Positive For Cocaine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413110014/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/32758.asp?q=Omar-Pinzon-Allegedly-Tests-Positive-For-Cocaine |date=2014-04-13 }}," ''Swimming World Magazine'' (November 28, 2012).  Retrieved November 30, 2012.</ref> In 2014, however, after an appeal to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]], the suspension was overturned due to several inconsistencies in the testing process.<ref>{{cite web|last=Braden|first=Keith|title=Omar Pinzon Absolved By Court of Arbitration For Sport After Positive Cocaine Test|url=http://swimswam.com/omar-pinzon-absolved-court-arbitration-sport-positive-cocaine-test/|website=[[SwimSwam]]|date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> He returned to the competition in 2014 to represent his country at the [[Central American and Caribbean Games]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ómar Pinzón, oro y récord en la natación de los Centroamericanos|url=http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/omar-pinzon-oro-y-record-natacion-de-los-centroamerican-articulo-528011|language=es|date=November 17, 2014|work=[[El Espectador]]}}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
* [[Florida Gators]]
* [[List of University of Florida alumni]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}

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[[Category:1989 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Florida Gators men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Expatriate swimmers in the United States]]
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[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Colombia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bogotá]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Colombian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Pan American Games swimmers for Colombia]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games]]
[[Category:South American Games gold medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:South American Games silver medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:South American Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2018 South American Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2022 South American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Colombian people]]
[[Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Colombian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Bolivarian Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Colombia]]
[[Category:Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Colombia]]