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Place of Birth: Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
About David Meca
- David Meca Medina (born 1 February 1974 in Sabadell) is a long distance swimmer from Spain, who has swum from mainland Spain to Ibiza among his exploits.
- He won gold at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal for the men's open water 25 km. Meca took silver in the 5 km event at the 2000 World Championships in Hawaii.
- He also won silver in the 25 km competition and a bronze in the 10 km at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Meca served a one-year ban on every competition and a four-year ban on championships following a positive test for nandrolone, a banned performance enhancer, in 1999.
- He was able to participate in World Championships in year 2000 because the sanction had not then been confirmed by the FINA.
- The sanction that was finally lifted because the swimmer was considered clean, after a long battle to prove his innocence.It was during the time of this sanction that he started focusing on challenges which nobody had done before.
- He swam from mainland Spain to Ibiza (about 80 miles or 129 km), in more than 27 hours swimming non-stop; and swam from Alcatraz to mainland San Francisco in less than 3 hours.
- Meca successfully swam the English Channel on 10 August 2004 in 7 h 46 mins, and again on 29 August 2005 in 7 h 22 mins.He swims for the Club Natació Sabadell.
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