Javier Díaz

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Javier Díaz (swimmer)

Javier Díaz González (born September 13, 1979) is a Mexican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Mexican record holder in the 50, 100, and 200 m freestyle. Diaz also attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he majored in economics, and played for the Purdue Boilermakers.

Diaz made his Olympic debut as a 21-year-old native from Mexico at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing thirtieth in the 200 m freestyle (1:53.30), and thirty-seventh in the 200 m individual medley (2:07.28).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Diaz teamed up with Joshua Ilika Brenner, Alejandro Siqueiros, and Leonardo Salinas Saldana in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the third leg, Diaz recorded a split of 1:53.34, and the Mexicans rounded out an eight-team field to last place and fifteenth overall in a new national record of 7:29.54.

Javier Díaz (athlete)

Javier Díaz (born 11 April 1976) is a Spanish long-distance runner. He competed at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in the men's marathon.

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Javier (album)

Javier is the debut album of Javier Colon known as Javier. It was released on August 5, 2003 as a CD on Capitol Records. It reached #91 on the Billboard 200, the official American Albums Chart. The album is credited to Javier rather than the full name Javier Colon.

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Javier Colon

Javier Colon (alternately styled Javier Colón, born April 29, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He has referred to his style of music as being "acoustic soul." He was a member of EmcQ and The Derek Trucks Band, and worked with many musicians before going solo. From 2002 to 2006, he was signed to Capitol Records, known as artist Javier. In 2006, however, the contract was terminated and Javier Colon became an independent artist with his own label, Javier Colon Music. In 2011, he was the winner of the inaugural season of the U.S. television show on NBC, The Voice, receiving $100,000 and signing a recording contract with Universal Republic Records. Javier Colon eventually decided to part ways with Universal Republic.

Early life

Colon was born in Stratford, Connecticut, the son of a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother,. His father worked in a radio station. He went to Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut, where he started writing songs. Then he pursued a degree in music education from the University of Hartford's Hartt School. While studying, Javier also performed as vocalist and percussionist in EmcQ, a soul/funk band led by lead guitarist Ian McHugh and mainly dedicated to the legacy of Stevie Wonder.