Guillermo Echevarría Explained

Birth Date:	13 May 1948

Guillermo Echevarría Pérez (13 May 1948 – 24 November 2021) was a Mexican swimmer who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Echevarría was born on 13 May 1948 in Mexico City. He briefly held the world record in the 1500 meter (long course), breaking Mike Burton's record in 1968, before Burton took the record back two months later.

Echevarría died on 24 November 2021, at the age of 73.^[2]

See also

• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ec/guillermo-echevarria-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ec/guillermo-echevarria-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 15 May 2012.
2. Web site: Muere Guillermo Echevarría, único nadador mexicano con récord mundial . adn40 . 25 November 2021.