Colombian swimmers broke 13 national records in the World Swimming Championship, seven by swimmer Omar Pinzon alone, plus two South American ones. This is significant improvement from the previous championship in Australia where only three were beat. Colombian Olympic swimmer training in the U.S. with the USC#Trojans and a former #Gator! Living the dream! / Nadador Olimpico Colombiano!
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| (Left to right) Jairo: Omar's Colombian Strength coach, Lee Brandon, CSCS (US Olympic Strength coach), Marcus Rogan(2Time Austrian Olympic silver Medalist), Omar Pinzon(South American Gold Medalist), and David (Austrian Olympic Relay swimmer) |
With less than 100 days left till London Olympics, the greatest athletes in the world are in the final, fine tuning preparations for the worlds greatest sports event. The greatest athletes in the world seek out the top coaches/professionals, training aides and techniques as tools in their arsenal to blow away the competition. Below, Omar Pinzon, Colombian World Cup Gold medal winner in the back stroke, sounds off:
At first when I was introduced to the Ab-inforcer Core Biofeedback Training System through Markus Rogan (Austrian, 2 Time Olympic Silver Medalist), I thought it was an interesting way to work on your abdominals.
Training hard puts the spine at risk, and being an Olympic Athlete, we all have to train smarter and harder! Markus recommended that I meet Lee to learn her "Spine Sparing Secrets,"and then that was when I realized the true potential of the AB-Inforcer Biofeedback Training system.
Since I started working with Lee and the Ab-Inforcer I have substantially improved my core strength and my back pains are virtually nonexistent now. I have improved in ways I never thought possible.
I enjoy working with the Ab-inforcer because I feel the difference in the way and the speed I move through the water. It really has made a difference in my athletic career. I just won Gold in the South American Championships, and feel like I'm getting faster everyday!
I enjoy working with Lee because there is no one else out there with the knowledge and work with the Ab-inforcer and much less with the specific knowledge combining swimming with it.
I have felt an amazing change in my body position and the connection between my core and my extremities in the water. Thank you Lee. I have learned so much and will continue to improve because of the work that is being done with her.
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| Marcus, Lee and Omar |
Omar Pinzón
@omarpinzon
Colombian Olympic swimmer training in the U.S. with the USC#Trojans and a former #Gator! Living the dream! / Nadador Olimpico Colombiano!
Marcus Rogan
@mahrqoos
Austrian Olympic swimmer training in the U.S. #trogans and former
#stanford Grad.
Lee Brandon, CSCS, Olympic Strength coach
@LongDriveChamp
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pinzón and the second or maternal family name is García.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Omar Andrés Pinzón García |
| Nationality |  Colombia |
| Born | June 17, 1989 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke, butterfly, individual medley |
| Club | Nautalius |
| College team | University of Florida |
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished in thirty-fifth place in the men's 200-meter backstroke. Pinzón competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke, the 200 and 400-meter individual medley, and the 200-meter butterfly. His best 2008 Olympic performance was in the 200-meter backstroke, where he placed seventeenth with a time of 1:59.11.[1]
Pinzón was born in Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia. He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from Gimnasio Britanico high school in Bogotá in 2005. Pinzón received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2006 to 2010.[2] In his four-year Gator swimming career, Pinzón received twelve All-American honors.
Pinzón won his first gold medal at a Swimming World Cup in Singapore in 2011 in the 200m backstroke. [3] Pinzón then won gold medals in Shanghai and Tokyo in the 200m backstroke. [4]
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