Facts: - sport: swimming - event: butterfly - weight: 66 kg lb 0 on - headercolor: lightblue - height: 1.74 0 on - birth date: 8 may 1988 - name: javier hernandez maradiaga - birth place: puerto cortes , honduras Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of javier hernandez maradiaga .
javier hernandez maradiaga -lrb- born may 8 , 1988 in puerto cortes -rrb- is a honduran swimmer , who specialized in butterfly events .hernandez represented honduras at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , where he competed for the men 's 200 m butterfly , an event which was later dominated by american swimmer and all-time olympian michael phelps .he swam in the first heat against peru 's emmanuel crescimbeni , croatia 's niksa roki , and india 's rehan poncha .he finished the race in last place by one tenth of a second -lrb- 0.10 -rrb- behind crescimbeni , with a time of 2:02.23 .hernandez , however , failed to advance into the semi-finals , as he placed forty-second out of forty-four swimmers in the overall rankings .hernandez is also a varsity swimmer for the lindenwood lions , and a graduate of business administration at lindenwood university in st. charles , missouri .