Sergio López Miró
{{short description|Spanish swimmer}}
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| fullname = Sergio López Miró
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| national_team = Spain
| strokes = Breaststroke
| club = Club Natació Sabadell
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| collegeteam = Indiana University (U.S.)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
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| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Spain}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalBronze | 1991 Athens | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}
{{MedalSilver|1993 Palma| 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1987 Latakia | 200 m breaststroke}}
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Sergio López Miró (born August 15, 1968) is a former international top swimmer from Spain, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
He competed in college for Indiana University and American University. López served as the head coach for the men's and women's swim teams at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, he became the head swimming coach at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida and coached several swimmers onto the U.S. national team. This includes Ariana Kukors, Charlie Houchin, Ryan Murphy and also Singapore’s Joseph Schooling.
He was appointed head coach of Singapore Swimming as well as an adviser coach of the coaching academy of the Singapore Sports Institute, with his term starting on January 1, 2015.{{cite web|title=Sergio Lopez appointed as head coach of Singapore Swimming|url=http://www.swimming.org.sg/news/Latest_News/Sergio_Lopez_Appointed_As_Head_Coach_of_Singapore_Swimming__s2_p20158.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141123054824/http://www.swimming.org.sg/news/Latest_News/Sergio_Lopez_Appointed_As_Head_Coach_of_Singapore_Swimming__s2_p20158.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2014|publisher=Singapore Swimming Association|accessdate=November 23, 2014|date=November 18, 2014}}
On April 30, 2018, Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock announced Lopez's hiring as head coach for the university's swimming and diving programs.
He won his first international medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
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External links
- [http://msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?sport=mswimming&show=114 West Virginia University athletics profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102042555/http://msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?sport=mswimming&show=114 |date=2010-01-02 }}
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Category:Swimmers from Catalonia
Category:Spanish male breaststroke swimmers
Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Spain
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
Category:Spanish swimming coaches
Category:Swimmers from Barcelona
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
Category:Swimmers at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
Category:American Eagles men's swimmers
Category:Spanish expatriate swimmers in the United States
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers swimming coaches
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Category:Virginia Tech Hokies swimming coaches
Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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