﻿{"id":609269,"date":"2025-03-31T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=609269"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:36:46","slug":"spanish-olympian-carlos-garach-taking-hiatus-to-pursue-military-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/spanish-olympian-carlos-garach-taking-hiatus-to-pursue-military-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Olympian Carlos Garach Taking Hiatus to Pursue Military Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spanish Olympian Carlos Garach Taking Hiatus to Pursue Military Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanish distance swimmer <strong>Carlos Garach<\/strong> is taking a break from swimming to pursue a military career.<\/p>\n<p>Garach made the announcement on social media. 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It hasn&#8217;t been an easy decision, but I believe it&#8217;s the right one right now.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Garach also thanked his club, CN Churriana, as \u201ca refuge when everything was falling apart\u201d as well as teammate, his family and sponsors. He ended it with a message of, \u201csee you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garach, 20, qualified for the Paris Olympics in 800 free, 1,500 free and open water. He finished 18th and 22nd in the two pool events and didn\u2019t finish the 10k in the River Seine. He took part in both World Aquatics Championships last year, finishing 15th in the 800 and 19th in the 1,500 in Doha in February. He first represented Spain at the 2021 European Short-Course Championships, then the following year at the World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Garach\u2019s biggest international achievement came in 2022, when he won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-diogo-ribeiro-soars-to-title-in-100-butterfly-yuzuki-mizuno-pulls-off-upset-in-200-backstroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold in the 800 free<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-pieter-coetze-adds-meet-record-200-back-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the 1,500 free<\/a> at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Olympian Carlos Garach Taking Hiatus to Pursue Military Career Spanish distance swimmer Carlos Garach is taking a break from swimming to pursue a military career. 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