Felipe Muñoz

Felipe Muñoz

Felipe Muñoz on a 1969 Paraguayan stamp
Personal information
Full name	Felipe Muñoz Kapamas
Nickname(s)	Tibio
Nationality	Mexico
Born	February 3, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Representing  Mexico Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 200 m breaststroke Pan American Games 1971 Cali 200 m breaststroke 1971 Cali 200 m medley Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow 200 m breaststroke

Felipe Muñoz Kapamas (born February 3, 1951)^[1] is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m event in 1968. Since 2008, he is the President of the Mexican Olympic Committee.^[2] Since 2012 he serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.^[3]

Muñoz is of Greek descent on his mother's side.^[4]

His nickname is "el tibio", which means "lukewarm" in Spanish. It was coined because Felipe's father was from Aguascalientes, meaning "hot waters", and his mother was from the town of Río Frío, Mexico State, meaning "cold river". He had the habit of refusing to swim in an unheated pool.

References

1. Felipe Muñoz. sports-reference.com.
2. (Spanish) Comité Olímpico Mexicano website (subpage Estructura Orgánica) listing Muñoz as the current president of the Mexican Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
3. "Chamber of Deputies". Chamber of Deputies. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
4. (Spanish) Le salen parientes griegos a Felipe 'Tibio' Muñoz Kapamas, published by El Siglo de Torreón on 2004-08-24; retrieved 2010-07-08.