Genaro Prono

{{Short description|Paraguayan swimmer (born 1989)}}

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| fullname = Genaro Matias Prono Britez

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| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Pine Crest Swim Team (U.S.)

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| collegeteam = Auburn University (U.S.)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

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| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Genaro Matias Prono Britez (born April 29, 1989) is a Paraguayan swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/genaro-prono-1.html |title=Genaro Prono |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218132509/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/genaro-prono-1.html |archivedate=18 December 2012 |accessdate=4 May 2017}} 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.{{cite news|title=Charlotte UltraSwim: Swift Swims Featured During Second Night |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18216.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=6 June 2008 |accessdate=10 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103123900/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18216.asp |archivedate=3 January 2011}} 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.{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM031900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=6 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062328/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM031900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012}}