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| Born | July 25, 1983 San Cristóbal, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erwin Maldonado (born 25 July 1983) is an Olympic distance freestyle swimmer from Venezuela. [1] He has swum for Venezuela at the:
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Erwin Maldonado (born 25 July 1983) is an Olympic distance freestyle swimmer from Venezuela. [1] He has swum for Venezuela at the:
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