Genaro Prono, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Genaro Prono

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1989

Place of Birth: Asunción, Capital District, Paraguay

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Genaro Prono

  • Genaro Matias Prono Britez (born April 29, 1989) is a Paraguayan swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
  • Prono is a member of the swimming team for Auburn Tigers, and a graduate of marketing at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.
  • He is also a resident athlete of the Pine Crest Swim Team in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he trained with numerous world-class swimmers, including three-time Olympian Bradley Ally of Barbados, and freestyle specialist Daniele Tirabassi of Venezuela. Prono qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:03.35 from the Charlotte UltraSwim Prix in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympians Malick Fall from Senegal, and Alwin de Prins of Luxembourg.
  • Prono edged out Fall to snatch a third spot by 0.19 of a second, breaking his personal best and Paraguayan record of 1:02.32.
  • Prono failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-first out of 65 swimmers on the first night of the preliminaries.

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