Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes (born October 22, 1978) is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n international swimmer

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 who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended the University of Florida

University of Florida

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 in Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

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, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy

Gregg Troy

Gregg Troy is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. He is the current head coach of the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida; the Florida Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southeastern Conference . ...

's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 (NCAA) competition from 1999 to 2001. He received four All-American honors while swimming for the Gators. Monasterio graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in statistics

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 in 2004.

Monasterio won the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle events at the 2003 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games

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See also

• Florida Gators
  Florida Gators
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• List of University of Florida alumni
• List of University of Florida Olympians
• South American records in swimming
  South American records in swimming
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External links

• Profile University of Florida