Francisco Picasso

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Francisco Picasso
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Picasso Risso
National teamFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Born (1982-06-19) 19 June 1982 (age 41)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Sport
Sport Swimming
College team Louisiana-Monroe (USA)
Texas A&M Aggies (USA; 2006-07)

Francisco Picasso Risso (born 19 June 1982) is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Uruguay. He swam for Uruguay at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. [1]

He has swum for Uruguay at:

At the 2000 Olympics, he swam the 200 Individual Medley. At the 2008 Olympics he swam the 50 freestyle. [2]

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References

  1. Picasso's entry Archived 21 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-04-12.
  2. A&M's Makany, Picasso Qualify for Second Olympic Games. Published by Texas A&M Athletics on 2008-07-24; retrieved 2012-04-12.