Juan José Madrigal
Juan José Madrigal Pacheco is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a two-time Olympian, and a Costa Rican former record holder in the 50,100 and 200 m breaststroke.
Madrigal made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed only in the 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat two, he held off Namibia's Jorg Lindemeier by three hundredths of a second to pick up a third seed in 1:05.47.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Madrigal qualified for a breaststroke double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 1:05.61 and 2:20.00 from the 2000 Janet Evans Invitational in USC Los Angeles, California, United States.
In the 100 m breaststroke, held on the first day of the Games, Madrigal established a new Costa Rican record of 1:05.14 to lead the second heat, but ended up overall in forty-eighth place. Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Madrigal placed forty-third on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three.
