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Horacio Bernardo Guillermo Iglesias (April 29, 1942 – June 25, 2004) was an Argentine swimmer who won five world titles in professional marathon swimming (1967, 1969 and 1971–1973). Between 1965 and 1975 he won 28 professional races throughout South America, the United States, Canada and Italy, and was ranked first or second each year. He was inducted as an honoree in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. Iglesias won the 24-hour La Tuque relay swim six times with three different partners, including Egypt’s Abou Heif and Holland’s Judith De Nys. He also won the 34 km (21 mile) Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean〔(Traversée Internationale du Lac Saint Jean, Canada (Editions 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th) ) 〕 professional race in Canada in 8 hours and 55 minutes in 1967, in 9 hours and 31 minutes in 1968, in 9 hours and 32 minutes in 1969, in 8 hours and 39 minutes in 1971 with a second place in 1970, and excelled in the warm-water professional swims in South America. He won the 37 km (23 mile) Descente ou remontée du Saguenay in 6 hours and 3 minutes in 1967 and was fifth in 9 hours and 22 minutes in 1968.〔. uana-aquatics.org〕 After retiring from competition, Iglesias graduated from university in 1969 as an electromechanical engineer. After working for 22 years as an advisor, he started his own company in 1992, Axsys Comunicaciones de Argentina, a fiber-optic installation company. He was married to Albina Valle and had three sons: Luciano, Alvaro and Ramiro.〔(International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ). ISHOF. Retrieved on January 23, 2014.〕 ==Early life== To fix a minor back problem, he started swimming aged seven at Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aries, one of the top clubs in Argentina.〔International Swimming Hall of Fame Honors Recognition 2003, p. 12〕 In his first major competition he swam a breaststroke leg in a medley relay. When he jumped into the water his team was leading the race, but by the time he finished, the team ended last. This failure motivated him to learn different strokes. He became national age-group champion in the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events and also swam butterfly at the national level. At the 1960 South American Championships in Cali, Colombia, he finished third in the 1500 m freestyle and second in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He participated in local open water championships that were held in the Rio de la Plata river, winning 90% of the swims. In 1965 he decided to quit swimming and concentrate on his university studies, but decided to compete in one more open-water championship, the 38-mile Sante Fe-Coronda Marathon.〔(Maratón Santa Fe-Coronda: Diario El Litoral, p. 4 ) 〕 He finished first, starting a career in which he won the World Professional Marathon title more times than any other competitor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Horacio Iglesias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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