Luis Martínez (swimmer)


Luis Martínez is a Guatemalan swimmer.

General

2019 Pan American silver medalist 100 meter butterfly
2016 Olympian
2015-2017 World Championships qualifier
3x NCAA All-American

Professional career (2019- )

• School’s 6th-fastest performer with the 9th-fastest performance in the 100 fly. Recorded 4 of the 22-fastest times in program history
• School’s 10th-fastest performer in the 200 fly
Senior Season
• NCAA All-American as part of the 11th-place 200 free relay, swimming the anchor leg
• Competed at NCAAs in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 50 free
• Swam a personal best 100 fly at the Bulldog Invite, which made him the 6th-fastest performer with the 9th-fastest performance in school history
• Finished 7th in the 100 fly, 20th in the 100 free and 22nd in the 200 fly at SECs
• Swept the fly events at the Texas A&M and Alabama dual meets
• Also won the 100 fly at the Tennessee & Wisconsin double dual meet
• Swam on a pair of winning relays during the dual meet season
Summer 2017
• Swam for Guatemala at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest
• Finished 18th in the 50m fly in 23.71, a new Guatemalan record
• Finished 21st in the 100 fly in 52.18, a new Guatemalan record
• Finished 37th in the 200 fly
Junior Season
• Earned NCAA All-America honors as a part of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams
• Competed at NCAAs in the 100 fly and 200 fly
• Finished 5th in the 100 fly at SECs
• Also placed 10th in the 200 fly and 27th in the 200 IM at SECs
• Swept the fly events at the Wisconsin, LSU, Alabama and Tennessee dual meets and won the 100 fly at the Texas dual meet
Sophomore Season
• 2016 Olympian for his native Guatemala
• Clocked a personal-best and national record 52.22 to finish 19th at the Olympics
• Qualified for the Olympics by placing third in the 100 fly at the AT&T Winter Nationals in Federal Way, Wash.
• NCAA participant in the 100 fly and 200 fly
• Personal-bests in both the 100 fly and 200 fly came during SEC prelims
• SEC 100 fly prelims time is 8th-fastest in Auburn history
• Won the 100 fly during the Indiana, Florida and Texas dual meets
Freshman Season
• Joined the team in January 2015 after transferring from Missouri S&T
• Recorded the third-best time on the team in the 100 fly at 47.09 to pick up a NCAA ‘B’ cut, but did not earn a invite to the NCAA meet
• Took 15th overall in the 100 fly at the SEC Championships, touching in at 47.09
• Was 30th in the 200 fly at the SEC meet with a time of 1:48.03 and placed 36th in the 500 freestyle with a PR time of 4:26.64
• Swam in his first dual meet of his Auburn career against Texas
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre butterfly event; his time of 52.22 seconds finished him 19th in the heats but did not qualify him for the semifinals.