Ricardo Busquets
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Medal record | |||
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Ricardo Busquets |
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Men's Swimming | |||
Competitor for Puerto Rico | |||
World Championships (LC) | |||
Bronze | 1998 Perth | 50m Freestyle | |
World Championships (SC) | |||
Bronze | 1997 Gothenburg | 50m Freestyle | |
Pan Pacific Championships | |||
Gold | 1997 Fukuoka | 50m Freestyle | |
Bronze | 1997 Fukuoka | 100m Freestyle |
Ricardo ("Ricky") J. Busquets Healy (born October 3, 1974 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.
A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only athlete from Puerto Rico to ever medal at the World Championships. He's a two-time World Championships medalist in the 50m Free and a four-time Olympian (50 and 100 Free and 100 Fly): 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. Busquets was named Puerto Rico's athlete of the 1990s, alongside Iván Rodríguez, Bernie Williams and Felix Trinidad.