Erin Volcán
Quick Facts
Biography
Erin Nicole Volcán Smith (born January 12, 1984) is an international backstroke and individual medley swimmer from Venezuela. She is a former South American record holder, and current (2009) Venezuelan record holder. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.
She attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, United States, where she competed for the Auburn Tigers swimming and diving team. She was also on the U.S. team for the 2003 Summer Univerisade team, where she won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke.
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games she set a new games record in the 200 back (2:16.65), bettering a 20-year-old record set by Silvia Poll at the 1986 Games.
She has swum at:
2003 Summer Universiade
2006 Central American & Caribbean Games
2007 World Championships
2007 Pan American Games
2008 Olympics
^ Volcán's entry from www.sports-reference.com.
^ Volcan's bio page from the 2008 Olympics website.
^ Volcán's bio page from the Auburn Athletics website; retrieved 2009-06-21.
^ Women's 200 back results from the 2006 CACs; retrieved 2009-06-21.