Erin Volcán

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Erin Volcan
Personal information
Full nameErin Nicole Volcán Smith
National teamFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Born (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 40)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight143 lb (65 kg)
Spouse Brian Magida
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley
ClubIrvine Novaquatics
College team Auburn University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Venezuela
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Daegu 200 m backstroke
Central American & Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m indiv. medley
South America Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 São Paulo 200 m backstroke

Erin Nicole Volcán Smith (born January 12, 1984) [1] is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current (2009) Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics. [2]

She attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, United States, where she competed for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team. [3] She was also on the U.S. team for the 2003 Summer Univerisade team, where she won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she set a new games record in the 200 back (2:16.65), bettering a 20-year-old record set by Silvia Poll at the 1986 Games. [4]

She has swum at:

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erin Volcán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. "Volcan's bio page". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008.
  3. Volcán's bio page from the Auburn Athletics website; retrieved June 21, 2009.
  4. Women's 200 back results [ permanent dead link ] from the 2006 CACs; retrieved June 21, 2009.