ACOSTA Marcelo

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Olympic ScholarshipYouth Olympian

Birth Country:

El Salvador

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 800m Freestyle
	Men's 1500m Freestyle

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 800m Freestyle - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 1500m Freestyle - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	1500Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:51.46)	H (3:48.82)	H (15:08.17)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free
2014	Nanjing, CHN	H (1:52.50)	2nd (3:51.32)	5th (8:02.69)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free	1500Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (3:55.06)	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (1:50.92)	H (3:51.76)	H (7:55.70)	H (15:04.79)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (1:50.77)	H (3:51.45)	H (8:12.52)	H (15:25.14)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	H (4:02.21)	H (8:17.39)	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free	1500Free
2019	Lima, PER	Final B (1:52.87)	7th (3:54.20)	5th (8:00.98)	4th (15:21.03)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	1500Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:47.00)	H (3:42.74)	H (14:45.78)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Lancelot, Chelo (Facebook profile, 18 Mar 2017; elsalvador.com, 21 Jul 2018)

Occupation:

Sports Management - University of Louisville, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Azura Florida Aquatics [Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA]

Gianluca Alberani [club]

Sporting relatives:

His father has served as president of the Salvadoran Swimming Federation. (elsalvador.com, 23 Aug 2020)

He took up swimming at age five. (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)

"I chose swimming because I wanted to be like my brothers." At age 10 he decided to become a swimmer after winning his first medal. "I finished in third place and I was not expecting it. That was when I said that I wanted to do it more seriously." (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016; mediolleno.com.sv, 01 Oct 2017)

To win an Olympic medal. (mediolleno.com.sv, 01 Oct 2017)

His brothers. (Athlete, 09 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Success is defined as getting up more times than you have been knocked down." (Instagram profile, 11 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
TRAINING IN UNITED STATES
He moved to United States of America when he was a teenager to better prepare himself for international events. "I went [to the United States] in 2014 to train for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing [People's Republic of China] and my idea was to return to El Salvador. But in the end I was offered me the chance to stay at Azura Florida Aquatics." In 2015 he began studying at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, United States of America. "They offered me to visit the campus to know the facilities, the programme and coaches, that same day I said yes." (swimswam.com, 07 Mar 2016; mediolleno.com.sv, 01 Oct 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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