Alexis Márquez Rivas (born March 25, 1989) is a Venezuelan swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He represented his nation Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and currently holds a short course Venezuelan record in the 200 m butterfly (1:59.77) at the 2011 Copa de España Clubes Segunda Division in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Marquez competed for Venezuela in the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he touched with a runner-up time in 2:00.89 to beat the FINA B-cut (2:01.80) at the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino. Swimming on the outside in heat two, Marquez rallied from behind at the start to edge out Puerto Rico's Douglas Lennox-Silva by 0.44 of a second on a late charge for the fifth spot with a 2:01.25. Marquez failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.

Alexis Márquez (swimmer)

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile

1989 births

Living people

Venezuelan male swimmers

Olympic swimmers for Venezuela

Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Male butterfly swimmers

Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games

Sportspeople from Caracas

Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela

20th-century Venezuelan people

21st-century Venezuelan people

Alexis Márquez (swimmer)