Jorge Oliver
Puerto Rican swimmer (born 1981)
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Jorge Manuel Oliver (born January 23, 1981) is a Puerto Rican former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] As a first-born American, Oliver holds a dual citizenship, which made him eligible to compete for Puerto Rico at the Olympics.
Puerto Rico| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Manuel Oliver |
| National team | Puerto Rico |
| Born | 23 January 1981 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| College team | Georgia Institute of Technology (U.S.) |
Oliver attended Episcopal School of Jacksonville, where he earned state and district championship titles in the 100 m freestyle (1997 and 1998).[2] While playing for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in his college years, he made six top-10 lists in the school's swimming records. In 2003, Oliver graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.[3]
As a member of the Puerto Rican team, Oliver qualified for the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:08.23 from the Counsilman Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana.[4] He posted a time of 2:08.84 to lead the first heat against Cyprus' Georgios Diamantidis and Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Ryzhkov, who was disqualified for a false start. Oliver failed to advance into the semifinals, as he shared a forty-fifth place tie with Turkey's Orel Oral in the preliminaries.[5][6][7]
Shortly after his only Olympic appearance, Oliver worked as a volunteer assistant coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and eventually, for his alma mater Episcopal School of Jacksonville.
