David Levecq
Spanish Paralympic swimmer (born 1984)
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David Julián Levecq Vives (born 15 August 1984 in Béziers, France) is a swimmer from Spain.
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| Full name | David Julián Levecq Vives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 August 1984 Béziers, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal
Levecq was born 15 August 1984 in Béziers, France. He has a mild physical disability. In 2012, he lived in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona.[1][2]
Swimming
Levecq is an S10 classification swimmer.[1] He is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Physically Disabled (FEDDF).[3]
Levecq competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, earning a silver in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle.[1] In 2007, he competed at the IDM German Open.[4] He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and earned a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly.[1] In 2010, he competed at the Tenerife International Open.[5] He competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands. Twice during the competition, he set new European records in the 50 meter freestyle event.[6][7][8] In advance of the competition, he attended a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program).[9] He competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he earned a gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle.[2] He raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1][10] He competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club, where he was one of nine Spanish swimmers to set a qualifying time for the World Championships.[11] From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[12] He competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[13]
