David E. Morrill - President
(VENEZUELA)
Place of Birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Residence: Caracas, Venezuela
Education:
Universidad De las Américas, Cholula
Puebla, Mexico
Profession:
Business Administration
He swam as a youngster in
Venezuela (Valle Arriba, San Ignacio de Loyola, Hermandad Gallega),
Mexico, and California where studied.
In the late 70s he started competing,
along with Viejo Victoria, Edmundo Fernández, Gustavo Betancourt, Andrés Steiner,
Vicente Capriles in the innovative Masters category in several US cities.
While presiding the Comité de Deportes de la
Asociación Venezolano-Americana de Amistad “AVAA”, he started “La Triple Corona
de Natación Master Amistad” in 1987, formalizing the Masters MSI-FINA in
Venezuela under the auspices of the Venezuelan Swimming Federation,
presided then by Dr. Elida de Alvarez.
Through the now existing Fundación La
Triple Corona de Natación Master Amistad, he starts the first bi-annual LatyCar in 1991 after receiving, during the 1988 USMS National, a collective
challenge with Rafael Hernandez (Mexico), Nestor Miyares (PR), Miguel Lollett (Vz)
of doing it. In 1999, after 4 successful versions, LatyCar is formalized and
registered as a non-profit Pan-American Association. Since then he has been
the President.
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