Rafael Escalas
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Rafael Escalas BestardTemplate:Family name footnote (born February 24, 1961) is a Spanish former competitive swimmer. Escalas competed in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He also swam competitively in the United States for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Swimming career
Escalas received an athletic scholarship to attend UCLA, where he competed for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1981, he set the NCAA record in the men's 1,650-yard freestyle (time: 14:53.90). scalas is the only swimmer to win an NCAA championship after being seeded last. He was also a member of the UCLA's NCAA national championship team in 1982.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Escalas competed in two Olympic Games: 1980 in Moscow, where he placed 6th in the 1500-meter freestyle event, and 1984 in Los Angeles, where he placed 11th in the 1500-meter freestyle. Escalas was also part of Spain's 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Los Angeles. In terms of world rankings, Escalas was ranked third in the world in the 1,500-meter freestyle in 1981, with a time of 15:17.93, which was a Spanish national record for over 19 years.[1][2]
Post swimming career
In recent Summer Olympics, Escalas served as Technical Director of the Swimming Competition (Barcelona 1992) and Competition Manager of Swimming (Atlanta 1996). A sports center in Palma de Mallorca is named after Rafa and his brother, Juan Enrique: Germans Escalas.[3] Rafa is currently President and CEO of competitive swimwear manufacturer AgonSwim.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Experience as an athlete and as a swimwear manufacturer lead Escalas to be the athlete's representative on the FINA Scientific Commission for Suits (he has since stepped down from the committee).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The commission was established to maintain the standards of swimwear and limit the impact that advanced technology might have on performance.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Personal life
Rafa is married to Jennifer Edson Escalas,[4] a professor at Vanderbilt University, and has two daughters: Elena Escalas, who also swims at UCLA,[5] and Marina Escalas.
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- Spanish male freestyle swimmers
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- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca
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