Erin Volcan
Personal information
Full nameErin Nicole Volcán Smith
National team Venezuela
Born (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight143 lb (65 kg)
SpouseBrian Magida
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley
ClubIrvine Novaquatics
College teamAuburn University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Venezuela
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2003 Daegu200 m backstroke
Central American & Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Cartagena200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2006 Cartagena4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2006 Cartagena4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2006 Cartagena200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2006 Cartagena4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2006 Cartagena200 m indiv. medley
South America Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 São Paulo200 m backstroke

Erin Nicole Volcán Smith (born January 12, 1984)[1] is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current (2009) Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.[2]

She attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, United States, where she competed for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team.[3] She was also on the U.S. team for the 2003 Summer Univerisade team, where she won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she set a new games record in the 200 back (2:16.65), bettering a 20-year-old record set by Silvia Poll at the 1986 Games.[4]

She has swum at:

  • 2003 Summer Universiade
  • 2006 Central American & Caribbean Games
  • 2007 World Championships
  • 2007 Pan American Games
  • 2008 Olympics

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erin Volcán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  2. "Volcan's bio page". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008.
  3. Volcán's bio page from the Auburn Athletics website; retrieved June 21, 2009.
  4. Women's 200 back results from the 2006 CACs; retrieved June 21, 2009.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.