Christopher Duenas
{{short description|Guamanian swimmer}}
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{{Medal|Competition|South Pacific Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Apia|100m freestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Apia|4x100m freestyle relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Apia|4x200m freestyle relay}}
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Christopher Duenas is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Guam.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Christopher Duenas|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/duenas-christopher-1023630/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910115236/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/duenas-christopher-1023630/|archivedate=10 September 2012}}}} He has swum for Guam at the:
Early life and education
Christopher Duenas started swimming when he was six years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.guamsportsnetwork.com/2012/olympic-profile-chris-duenas/|title=Olympic Profile: Chris Duenas|publisher=Guam Sports Network|date=July 27, 2012|last1=Alegre|first1=Errol|access-date=March 15, 2018}}
Olympic career
At the 2008 Olympics, he competed in the 100 m freestyle, finishing in 59th place.{{Cite web |title=Christopher Duenas at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/christopher-duenas |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=olympics.com}}
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 44th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.
International career
Duenas won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pacific Games in the 100 meter freestyle.{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3846-0-0-0&sID=59699|title=Guam's Medalists|publisher=Guam National Olympic Committee|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516014706/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3846-0-0-0&sID=59699|url-status=dead}} He won a gold medal at the 2014 Micronesian Games in the 100 m butterfly. He also won a gold in the 200 medley relay.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18067361/pacific_daily_news/|title=Schulte's Medal Total Reaches 10|publisher=Pacific Daily News|last1=Wieman|first1=Grant|date=July 23, 2014|via=Newspapers.com}} He set the national record in the 50 m freestyle at the 5th East Asian Games.{{Cite web |title=Christopher DUENAS {{!}} Results {{!}} FINA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1000538/www.fina.org/athletes/1000538/christopher-duenas |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation |language=en}} He was part of the Guam team that set a new national record in the 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 200 m freestyle at the 15th Pacific Games.
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Category:Guamanian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Olympic swimmers for Guam
Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Micronesian Games gold medalists for Guam
Category:Micronesian Games medalists in swimming
Category:People from Tamuning, Guam
Category:Pacific Games bronze medalists
Category:Pacific Games medalists in swimming
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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