Manuel Guerra

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameManuel•Guerra Pérez
Used nameManuel•Guerra
Nick/petnamesManolo
Born18 July 1928 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas (ESP)
Died7 October 2020
AffiliationsCN Metropole, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ESP)
NOC Spain

Biography

Manuel Guerra swam for Spain at the 1948 London Olympics. Primarily a freestyle sprinter, although he also swam breaststroke, he was the first Spaniard to better one minute for the 100 freestyle. Guerra later won a bronze medal in the 4x200 free relay at the 1955 Mediterranean Games. Guerra won his first Spanish title at age 14, and repeated that 29 more times.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) ESP Manuel Guerra
100 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic) 4 h2 r1/3
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic) Spain 5 h1 r1/2
100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic) 6 h4 r1/3

Special Notes