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Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (April 6, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Argentine swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he became the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.
Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (Buenos Aires, 6 de abril de 1906 - Miami, 23 de abril de 1986) fue un deportista, nadador y bailarín de salón argentino. Fue el primer campeón olímpico de Sudamérica y único de Argentina en su deporte, ganador de los 400 metros libres en los Juegos Olímpicos de Ámsterdam 1928 con un tiempo de 5:01.6 ...
At the 1928 Olympics, Zorrilla won gold in the 400 free from an outside lane, surprisingly beating the favorites Buster Crabbe, Boy Charlton and Arne Borg. He was also seventh in the 100 freestyle and fifth at 1,500 metres, thus becoming the second and, as of 2017, the last person to reach the finals of every freestyle event at one Olympics ...
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Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (April 6, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Argentine swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he became the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.
Alberto Zorrilla is the first and only South American Olympic gold medalist in swimming, winning the 400m freestyle in 1928. He also competed in boxing, rowing, track and field, flying and dancing, and became an American citizen in 1954.
{{MedalTableTop| Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla (April 6, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Argentine swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics where he became the first South American to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.
Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla fue un deportista, nadador y bailarín de salón argentino. Fue el primer campeón olímpico de Sudamérica y único de Argentina en su deporte, ganador de los 400 metros libres en los Juegos Olímpicos de Ámsterdam 1928 con un tiempo de 5:01.6, artífice de un récord olímpico y mundial.
