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| Full name | Raymond Joseph Flores | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Spearfishing, Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Individual, Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raymond Joseph Flores (born 15 January 1974) is a Guamanian spearfisher and former butterfly and freestyle swimmer.
He competed in three swimming events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] At the 2014 Micronesian Games, he won a silver medal in the individual spearfishing event. [2] At the consecutive Micronesian Games of 2018 and 2024, he won two gold medals in the team spearfishing events. [3] [4]
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