Horacio Iglesias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentine swimmer
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Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Horacio Iglesias
- Horacio Bernardo Guillermo Iglesias (April 29, 1942 – June 25, 2004) was an Argentine swimmer who won five world titles in professional marathon swimming (1967, 1969 and 1971–1973).
- Between 1965 and 1975 he won 28 professional races throughout South America, the United States, Canada and Italy, and was ranked first or second each year.
- He was inducted as an honoree in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. Iglesias won the 24-hour La Tuque relay swim six times with three different partners, including Egypt’s Abou Heif and Holland’s Judith De Nys.
- He also won the 34 km (21 mile) Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean professional race in Canada in 8 hours and 55 minutes in 1967, in 9 hours and 31 minutes in 1968, in 9 hours and 32 minutes in 1969, in 8 hours and 39 minutes in 1971 with a second place in 1970, and excelled in the warm-water professional swims in South America.
- He won the 37 km (23 mile) Descente ou remontée du Saguenay in 6 hours and 3 minutes in 1967 and was fifth in 9 hours and 22 minutes in 1968.After retiring from competition, Iglesias graduated from university in 1969 as an electromechanical engineer.
- After working for 22 years as an advisor, he started his own company in 1992, Axsys Comunicaciones de Argentina, a fiber-optic installation company.
- He was married to Albina Valle and had three sons: Luciano, Alvaro and Ramiro.
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