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Luis Escobar
Luis Ricardo Escobar Torres is an Olympic and professional open water swimmer and civil engineer from Mexico who currently resides in Toronto, Canada and works for the Global Swim Series.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- He competed on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix and the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup professional circuits.
- He participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in the 10 km Olympic qualifier in Shanghai, China.
- On 17 March 2007, he participated in the FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km race in Melbourne, Australia finishing in 1 hour 59 minutes 17 seconds.
- On 9 June 2007, he competed on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Sevilla, Spain finishing in 1 hour 53 minutes 17 seconds.
- On 23 September 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Shantou, China, finishing in 1 hour 45 minutes 16 seconds.
- On 30 September 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong, finishing in 1 hour 47 minutes 24 seconds.
- On 20 October 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico finishing in 2 hours 1 minute 46 seconds.
- On 13 April 2008, he finished 9th in the 1500m freestyle at the FINA World Short Course Championships
- On 15 March 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Dubai, UAE finishing in 1 hour 49 minutes 14 seconds.
- On 5 May 2008, he competed in the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Sevilla, Spain, finishing 14th in 1 hour 54 minutes 32 seconds.
- On 28 June 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Setubal, Portugal finishing in 2 hours 2 minutes 28 seconds where he qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.
- On 21 August 2008, he competed in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Beijing, China finishing in 1 hour 53 minutes 47 seconds in 18th place.
- On 13 October 2008, he competed in the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Sumidero Canyon, Mexico finishing in 3 hours 17 minutes 8 seconds.
- on 24 January 2009, he completed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil finishing in 2 hours 5 minutes 59 seconds.
- On 22 July 2009, he competed in the 10 km race at the FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy finishing 11th in 1 hour 52 minues 18 seconds.
- On 31 January 2010, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil finishing 17th in 2 hours 14 minutes 43 seconds.
- On 9 October 2010, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico finishing 9th in 2 hours 8 minutes 11 seconds.
- On 30 April 2011, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil finishing 12th in 2 hours 6 minutes 36 seconds.
- On 16 July 2011, he competed in the 10 km race at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China finishing in 1 hour 54 minutes 59 seconds.
- On 1 April 2012, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Eilat, Israel finishing in 1 hour 53 minutes 24 seconds.
- On 24 April 2012, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico finishing 9th in 2 hours 1 minute 29 seconds.
- On 26 April 2012, he competed in the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Cancun, Mexico finishing in 3 hours 54 seconds.
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Results
Gold: Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands) 1:51:51.6
Silver: David Davies (Great Britain) 1:51:53.1
Bronze: Thomas Lurz (Germany) 1:51:53.6
4. Valerio Cleri (Italy) 1:52:07.5
5. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) 1:52:08.9
6. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) 1:52:09.1
7. Brian Ryckeman (Belgium) 1:52:10.7
8. Mark Warkentin (United States) 1:52:13.0
9. Chad Ho (South Africa) 1:52:13.1
10. Erwin Leon Maldonado Savera (Venezuela) 1:52:13.6
11. Ky Hurst (Australia) 1:52:13.7
12. Igor Chervynskiy (Ukraine) 1:52:14.7
13. Francisco Jose Hervas (Spain) 1:52:16.
14. Allan do Carmo (Brazil) 1:52:16.6
15. Gilles Rondy (France) 1:52:16.7
16. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) 1:52:20.4
17. Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic) 1:52:41.8
18. Luis Escobar (Mexico) 1:53:47.9
19. Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 1:54:37.7
20. Mohamed Elzanaty (Egypt) 1:55:17.0
21. Damian Blaum (Argentina) 1:55:48.6
22. Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal) 2:03:39.6
23. Xin Tong (China 2:09:13.4
Csaba Gercsak (Hungary) DNF
Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) DSQ
