Héctor Ruvalcaba
Mexican swimmer (born 1997)
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Héctor Ruvalcaba Cruz (born 26 June 1997) is a Mexican male swimmer who competed at the collegiate level for the Incarnate Word Cardinals.
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| Born | June 26, 1997 Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Guadalajara, Ruvalcaba began swimming at age eight and moved to Tijuana with his family as a teenager.[1]
Ruvalcaba started competing at the international level in the 2017 Summer Universiade.[2] He won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly and a bronze in the 200m individual medley at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3][4] He later competed at the 2019 Pan American Games, where he reached two finals.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ruvalcaba returned home to Tijuana to train in hopes of qualifying for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He joined the LA Current for the 2021 International Swimming League.[5]
