Ramon LAVIN

Ramón Lavin was a freestyle sprinter who swam at the 1980 Moskva Olympics. He studied in the United States in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Atlanta, and Denver. He was a European youth champion and set the youth world record for 100 free. As a senior, Lavin won 14 Spanish titles. After retiring in the early 1990s he worked with the pool and water polo section of the Bilbao Sports Club. Lavin died when his car went off the road and burst into flames, dying shortly after being taken to hospital.