Juan Veloz

{{Short description|Mexican swimmer (born 1982)}} {{family name hatnote|Veloz|Dávila|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox swimmer | name=Juan Veloz | image= | image_size= | caption = | fullname = Juan José Veloz Dávila | nicknames = | national_team = {{MEX}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|24}} | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | weight = 80 kg | strokes = Butterfly, medley | club = | collegeteam = University of Arizona (U.S.) | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | Mexico}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|2007 Rio de Janeiro|200 m butterfly}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalGold|2002 San Salvador|200 m butterfly}} {{MedalGold|2002 San Salvador|400 m medley}} {{MedalGold|2002 San Salvador|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalGold|2006 Cartagena|200 m butterfly}} {{MedalGold|2006 Cartagena|4×200 m freestyle}} {{MedalSilver|1998 Maracaibo|200 m butterfly}} }}

'''Juan José Veloz Dávila''' (born 24 September 1982 in Mexico City, Mexico)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/240714.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: VELOZ Juan Jose |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902033202/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/240714.shtml |archive-date=2 September 2008 |access-date=}}</ref> is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer for Mexico. He swam for his native country at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Juan Veloz |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/juan-veloz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204034303/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/juan-veloz-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>

==Career== At the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, Veloz set the Games Record in the 200 fly at 1:58.45.<ref>[http://www.cartagena2006.gov.co/SP/showpage.aspx?d=NAT&n=4,2,4,3,2 Men's 200 Fly results from the 2006 CACs, showing Veloz as holding the Games Record]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of March 2008, he holds the Mexican records in the 200 fly and 400 IM. In 2007 he won bronze medal in the Panamerican Games.

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{{Footer CAC Champions 200m Butterfly Men}} {{Footer CAC Champions 400m Medley Men}} {{Footer CAC Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veloz, Juan}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Swimmers from Mexico City Category:Mexican male swimmers Category:Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers Category:Mexican expatriate swimmers in the United States Category:Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic swimmers for Mexico Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Category:Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Category:Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Category:21st-century Mexican sportsmen