Juan José Madrigal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Juan José Madrigal

Olympic Swimmer

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1974

Place of Birth: Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Costa Rica

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Juan José Madrigal Pacheco (born March 8, 1974) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a Costa Rican former record holder in the 50,100 and 200 m breaststroke (long course and short course). Madrigal made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed only in the 100 m breaststroke.
Swimming in heat two, he held off Namibia's Jorg Lindemeier by three hundredths of a second (0.03) to pick up a third seed in 1:05.47.At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Madrigal qualified for a breaststroke double.
He achieved FINA B-standards of 1:05.61 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:20.00 (200 m breaststroke) from the 2000 Janet Evans Invitational in USC Los Angeles, California, United States.
In the 100 m breaststroke, held on the first day of the Games, Madrigal established a new Costa Rican record of 1:05.14 to lead the second heat, but ended up overall in forty-eighth place.
Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Madrigal placed forty-third on the morning prelims.
Swimming in heat three.