Guillermo Echeverría
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Guillermo Echevarría Pérez (born 13 May 1948 in Mexico City, died 24 November 2021) is a Mexican former pool and open water swimmer who competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games at the age of 16 and in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games at the age of 20. His nickname was Memo.
Swimming Highlights
- He briefly held the world record in the 1500 meter freestyle, breaking Olympic champion Mike Burton's record in 1968 before Burton took the record back 2 months later.
- He finished 6th in the 1500m freestyle at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
- He competed in the 4x100m freestyle relay (finishing 6th), 4x200m freestyle relay (finishing 7th) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- He competed in the 400m freestyle and the 1500m freestyle (finishing 6th) in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
- On 11 July 1971, he finished 2nd in the 1971 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in 7 hours 50 minutes 33 seconds behind Veljko Rogosic.
