Albert Subirats

Albert Subirats
Albert Subirats (left) in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Subirats Altes
Nickname"El Torpedo"
National team Venezuela
Born (1986-09-25) 25 September 1986
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
College teamUniversity of Arizona (2004–'07)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Venezuela
World Championships (LC)
2007 Melbourne100 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
2010 Dubai50 m butterfly
2006 Shanghai100 m butterfly
2010 Dubai100 m butterfly
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara100 m butterfly
2007 Rio100 m butterfly
2007 Rio4×100 m free
2011 Guadalajara4×100 m free
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena100 m freestyle
2006 Cartagena50 m butterfly
2006 Cartagena100 m butterfly
2006 Cartagena4×100 m free
2006 Cartagena4×100 m medley
2010 Mayagüez100m freestyle
2010 Mayagüez100m backstroke
2010 Mayagüez100m butterfly
2010 Mayagüez4×100 m free
2010 Mayagüez4×100 m medley
2014 Veracruz50 m backstroke
2014 Veracruz50 m butterfly
2014 Veracruz100 m butterfly
2014 Veracruz4x100 m free
2014 Veracruz4x100 m medley
2006 Cartagena50 m freestyle
2006 Cartagena4x200 m free
2010 Mayagüez50m freestyle
2010 Mayagüez50m butterfly
2014 Veracruz100 m backstroke
2010 Mayagüez50m backstroke
2014 Veracruz100 m freestyle
South American Games
2002 Belém100 m freestyle
2002 Belém400 m freestyle
2010 Medellin50 m butterfly
2010 Medellin100 m butterfly
2010 Medellin4×100 m free
2010 Medellin4×200 m free
2014 Santiago100 m backstroke
2014 Santiago100 m butterfly
2002 Belém4×100 m free
2002 Belém4×100 m medley
2002 Belém50 m freestyle
2002 Belém200 m freestyle
2014 Santiago100 m freestyle
2014 Santiago4×100 m free
2014 Santiago4×100 m medley

Albert Subirats Altes (born 25 September 1986) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2007 World Championships, Subirats won Venezuela's first (long course) World Championships medal.

Collegiately, he attended the University of Arizona in the United States, where he swam for the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team from 2004 to 2007. While at Arizona, he was a 3-time individual NCAA champion, winning the 100 yd fly his junior and senior years (2006, 2007) and the 100 back (2006).

As of June 2009, he holds the Venezuelan records in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, 50 m and 100 m backstroke and 50 & 100 m butterfly (long course) and was part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley teams that hold those record. In the short course, he holds the 50 m backstroke and 50 m and 100 m butterfly records. He also holds the South American long course 100 m butterfly record, and the short course 50 m backstroke record.

At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, he set a Games Record in winning the men's 100 m freestyle (49.55); bettering the record of 50.00 set by fellow Venezuelan Francisco Sánchez on 11 August 1998, at the 1998 Games in Maracaibo.