Todd Torres

Todd Torres
Personal information
Full nameTodd Torres Bost
Born (1968-06-11) June 11, 1968 (age 56)
North Carolina
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke and Freestyle
Medal record
Pan American Games
Representing  Puerto Rico
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana 100m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
Representing the  United States
Gold medal – first place 1987 Zagreb 4x100m medley
Silver medal – second place 1987 Zagreb 200m breaststroke

Todd Torres (born June 11, 1968) is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992.[1]

His best Olympic result was a 12th place in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Torres also competed for the United States, winning a gold and a silver medal at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb.

Torres swam collegiately for Louisiana State University (LSU). At LSU, he was a 14-time All American and won a national and Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship in 1987. Torres also won another SEC Championship in the 200-yard breaststroke in 1988. In 2015 Swimmer Todd Torres was inducted to the Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2019 was inducted to the North Carlolina Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Todd Torres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
  2. ^ "Olympic". lsusports.net. Retrieved December 21, 2015.