Javier Acevedo

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| name = Javier Acevedo

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| caption = Acevedo in 2018

| fullname = Javier Carlos Acevedo

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|1|28|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/javier-acevedo/ |title=COC Profile |date=10 April 2016 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=25 May 2016}}

| birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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| height = 187 cm

| weight = 78.1 kg

| strokes = Backstroke

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| collegeteam = University of Georgia

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Javier Carlos Acevedo (born 28 January 1998) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. He competes primarily in the backstroke events. Acevedo won two bronze medals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships as part of both the mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m mixed medley relay. He has also won a gold medal at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in the 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay and a silver in the 50 m backstroke. Acevado was a former Junior world record holder in the 100 m backstroke event.

Career

The 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships were Acevedo's first opportunity to compete for the national team on a world stage. At the junior championships he won the silver medal in the 50 m metre backstroke, while setting a personal best. This was his first individual international medal, Acevedo said that "I touched the wall properly which helped get the silver in a very tight race. It was very important because I know that I will have more out speed the next time I do it. I made sure I was mentally prepared before the race. I was confident."{{cite web |title=Ajax's Javier Acevedo wins swimming silver at junior worlds |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/sports-story/5819390-ajax-s-javier-acevedo-wins-swimming-silver-at-junior-worlds/ |website=DurhamRegion.com |date=28 August 2015 |accessdate=30 July 2017}} As part of Canada's mixed 4×100 m relay team at the junior worlds, he was the gold medal winner and world junior champ. He swam in that final together with Markus Thormeyer, Penny Oleksiak, and Taylor Ruck.

He set the Junior world record in the 100 m backstroke on his way to qualifying for the event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Canadian Olympic Trials.{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/javier-acevedo-smashes-100m-backstroke-world-junior-record/ |title=Javier Acevedo Smashes 100m Backstroke Junior World Record |last1=Bowmile |first1=Mitch |date=6 April 2016 |website=www.swimswam.com/ |publisher=Swim Swam Partners, LLC |access-date=25 May 2016}} In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics where he swam to a 17th-place finish in the 100 m backstroke, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2016/04/10/swimming-canada-team-nominated-rio-2016-2/ |title=Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016 |date=10 April 2016 |website=Swimming Canada |accessdate=27 April 2016}} He was the youngest male swimmer on Canada's Olympic team at these games, competing at the age of 18.{{cite web |title=Javier's Bio |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/swimmer/javier-acevedo/ |website=Swimming Canada |accessdate=30 July 2017}}

Acevedo was next named to Canada's 2017 World Aquatics Championships team in Budapest, Hungary.{{cite web |last=Sutherland |first=James |url=https://swimswam.com/canada-send-26-pool-6-open-water-swimmers-world-championships/ |title=Canada To Send 26 Pool, 6 Open Water Swimmers To World Championships |date=9 April 2017 |website=www.swimswam.com |publisher=Swim Swam |access-date=10 April 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2017/04/10/sydney-pickrem-sets-canadian-record-exciting-final-night-team-canada-trials-victoria-sydney-pickrem-wanted-breaking-canadian-record-200-metre-individual/ |title=Sydney Pickrem Sets Canadian Record, Team Canada Named on Exciting Final Night at Trials |date=9 April 2017 |website=www.swimming.ca/ |publisher=Swimming Canada |access-date=10 April 2017}} He made it through to the semi-finals but finished with the 14th best time and out of the finals. On the same day he would compete in the 4×100 m mixed freestyle relay helping the team to a bronze. In regard to racing twice in the same night and still performing well enough to medal, Acevedo said that "It was pretty difficult, but I've done a lot of work in my training to be able to do that kind of stuff...I just had to work hard and get through it."{{cite news |title=Canadian mixed relay team swims to bronze at aquatics worlds |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/world-aquatics-championships-saturday-1.4227594 |website=CBC Sports |date=29 July 2017}} Acevedo also competed in the 50 m backstroke, but once again failed to qualify for the finals finishing 16th in the semi-finals.

In June 2021, Acevedo was named to his second Canadian Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/canadian-olympic-swimming-team-announced-june-24-1.6078127|title=26 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic swimming team|date=24 June 2021|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=24 June 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2021/06/24/canadas-tokyo-2020-swimming-team-announced/|title=Canada's Tokyo 2020 Swimming Team Announced|date=24 June 2021|website=www.swimming.ca/|publisher=Swimming Canada|access-date=24 June 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/06/24/team-canada-to-have-26-swimmers-at-tokyo-2020/|title=Team Canada to have 26 swimmers at Tokyo 2020|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=24 June 2021|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=24 June 2021}} He competed in the Olympic debut of the mixed medley relay, but the Canadian team finished thirteenth in the heats and did not advance to the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/29/canada-comes-fourth-in-womens-4x200m-freestyle-relay.html |title=Canada short of Olympic relay podium in the pool |last=Spencer |first=Donna |date=29 July 2021 |website=Toronto Star |access-date=24 June 2022}}

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Acevedo was part of the Canadian team for the Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay, winning the silver medal. He was the lone member of the Canadian team to participate in both the heats and the event final. He did not advance out of the heats of either the 50 or 100 m backstroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/06/24/two-more-medals-make-for-canadas-best-ever-worlds/ |title=Two more medals make for Canada's best ever Worlds |date=24 June 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=24 June 2022}}

Named to Canada's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Acevedo began the first day of the championships by winning the bronze medal in the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/07/29/summer-mcintosh-wins-gold-canada-adds-relay-bronze-to-open-commonwealth-games/ |title=Summer McIntosh wins gold, Canada adds relay bronze to open Commonwealth Games |date=29 July 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=29 July 2022}} The following day he won a bronze with the men's team in the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay. This was the first men's relay medal for Canada at a major event since the 2015 Pan American Games, and the first at the Commonwealth Games since 2006. Acevedo said on the occasion "this team is so strong and it gives us hope we can improve in the future."{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/07/30/maggie-mac-neil-and-nicolas-guy-turbide-win-thrilling-races-on-four-medal-night/ |title=Maggie Mac Neil and Nicolas-Guy Turbide win thrilling races on four-medal night |date=30 July 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=30 July 2022}} He went on to win an individual bronze medal in the 50 m backstroke in 24.97 seconds, lowering his own Canadian record from five years earlier.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/08/01/summer-mcintosh-triumphs-again-to-highlight-four-medal-day-for-canada/ |title=Summer McIntosh triumphs again to highlight four-medal day for Canada |date=1 August 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=1 August 2022}} Acevedo swam the backstroke segment for Canada in the heats of the Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay. He was replaced by Kylie Masse in the final, but received a silver medal after the team finished second there.{{cite web |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/commonwealth-games-emma-mckeon-anchors-australian-mixed-medley-relay-to-gold-record-setting-19-commonwealth-medals/ |title=Emma McKeon Anchors Australian Mixed Medley Relay to Gold; Record-Setting 19 Commonwealth Medals |last=Rieder |first=David |date=2 August 2022 |website=Swimming World |access-date=3 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.swimming.ca/en/news/2022/08/02/joshua-liendo-golden-to-lead-three-medal-night/ |title=Joshua Liendo golden to lead three-medal night |date=2 August 2022 |website=Swimming Canada |access-date=3 August 2022}}

Personal bests

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! colspan="5" | Long course

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! Event

! Time

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100 m freestyle

style="text-align:center;" | 48.50

| 2023 Canadian Swimming Trials

| 31 March 2023

50 m backstroke

style="text-align:center;" | 24.90

| 2023 Canadian Trials

| 29 March 2023

| NR

100 m backstroke

style="text-align:center;" | 53.55

| 2024 Canadian Swimming Trials

| 14 May 2024

200 m backstroke

style="text-align:center;" | 1:58.36

| 2018 Pan Pacific Championships

| 12 August 2018

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! colspan="5" | Short course

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! Event

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50 m freestyle

style="text-align:center;" | 21.85

| Age Group International SC

| 11 November 2023

100 m backstroke

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| FINA World Cup 2022 No 3

| 5 November 2022

References

External links

{{World Aquatics}}
{{International Swimming League|acevedo-javier}}
{{Swimrankings}}
{{Swimming Canada|javier-acevedo}}
{{Team Canada}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{2019 Pan American Games profile|swimming/athlete-profile-n1143682-acevedo-javier-carlos|Javier Carlos Acevedo}}

Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swimmers from Toronto

Category:Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario

Category:Canadian male backstroke swimmers

Category:Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in swimming

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada