fullname weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
jorge manuel oliver 77 kg lb 0 on 1.81 0 on 23 january 1981 jorge oliver
 individual medley jorge oliver georgia tech yellow jackets -lrb- usa -rrb-
jorge oliver

jorge manuel oliver -lrb- born january 23 , 1981 -rrb- is a retired puerto rican swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events .
as a first-born american , oliver holds a dual citizenship , which made him eligible to compete for puerto rico at the olympics .
oliver attended episcopal school of jacksonville , where he earned state and district championship titles in the 100 m freestyle -lrb- 1997 and 1998 -rrb- .
while playing for the georgia tech yellow jackets in his college years , he made six top-10 lists in the school 's swimming records .
in 2003 , oliver graduated from the georgia institute of technology in atlanta , with a bachelor 's degree in chemical engineering .
as a member of the puerto rican team , oliver qualified for the men 's 200 m individual medley at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , by clearing a fina b-standard entry time of 2:08.23 from the counsilman classic in indianapolis , indiana .
he posted a time of 2:08.84 to lead the first heat against cyprus ' georgios diamantidis and kazakhstan 's yevgeniy ryzhkov , who was disqualified for a false start .
oliver failed to advance into the semifinals , as he shared a forty-fifth place tie with turkey 's orel oral in the preliminaries .
shortly after his first and only olympics , oliver worked as a volunteer assistant coach for the georgia tech yellow jackets , and eventually , for his alma mater episcopal school of jacksonville .
he is currently an engineer with amgen in west greenwich , rhode island .
