José Durañona

José María Durañona Oríe^[2] (March 29, 1923 – February 5, 2021) was an Argentine freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relay, reaching the final in the latter and coming 6th.^[3]

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Nationality	Argentina
Born	March 29, 1923 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	February 5, 2021(2021-02-05) (aged 97)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
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In 1940, he set the South American swimming record in the 300 metres freestyle.^[2]

He was featured several times on the cover of the magazine El Gráfico.^[4][5]

1. ^ "José María Durañona". Konex Foundation. 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021. (in Spanish)
2. ^ ^{a b} "José Durañona". Olympedia.org.
3. ^ "José Durañona Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
4. ^ "Jose Maria Durañona". El Gráfico (1,080 ed.). 22 March 1940.
5. ^ "Jose Maria Durañona". El Gráfico (1,127 ed.). 14 February 1941.

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