Luis Nicolao

Luis Nicolao

Nicola c. 1960
Personal information
Full name	Luis Alberto Nicolao Yanuzzi
Nickname	Nico
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1944-06-28) June 28, 1944 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Butterfly
Club	Ateneo de la Juventud
Coach	Alberto "Profe" Carranza
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Argentina Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 4x100 m medley 1963 São Paulo 200 m butterfly 1967 Winnipeg 100 m butterfly 1967 Winnipeg 4x100 m freestyle 1967 Winnipeg 4x200 m freestyle

Luis Alberto Nicolao (born June 28, 1944 in Buenos Aires) is a retired butterfly swimmer from Argentina, who in 1962 twice broke the world record in the men's 100 metres butterfly (long course).

World records

Trained and coached by the winningest Argentinean coach "Profe" Alberto Carranza, Nicolao traveled to Rio de Janeiro with great help from a long time Carranza's friend "Pepe" Caraballo. Despite going too fast in the first 50 meters he broke Fred Schmidt’s world record at 58.4 in the salt water Guanabara pool on 24 April 1962. Carranza knew that Nicolao could go even faster if the first 50 meters were more measured, so he went back to Pepe Caraballo and others to assist and support their stay in Rio for a couple more days in order to try a second time. This resulted in a much better race and the world record was lowered to 57.0 on 27 April 1962. Five years later US swimmer Mark Spitz broke Nicolao's top time.

References

Media related to Luis Nicolao at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Spanish) Red Argentina Profile