Juan Urán Explained

Juan Urán
Full Name:Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar
Birth Place:Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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Juan Guillermo Urán Salazar (born January 3, 1983, in Medellín, Antioquia) is a male diver from Colombia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. He claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.

In the Olympic Games of Beijing 2008, he and his teammate Víctor Ortega reached the rank six in the 10m synchronized platform event, the best position ever achieved by a Colombian diver in that particular event so far.

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