David Meca

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for  Spain
World Championsips
Silver	1998 Perth	25km Open Water
Gold	2000 Honolulu	10km Open Water
Silver	2000 Honolulu	5km Open Water
Silver	2000 Honolulu	25km Open Water
Silver	2003 Barcelona	25km Open Water
Bronze	2003 Barcelona	10km Open Water
Gold	2005 Montréal	25km Open Water
European Championships
Silver	2000 Helsinki	25km Open Water
Silver	2004 Madrid	25km Open Water
Bronze	2000 Helsinki	5km Open Water
Bronze	2002 Berlin	25km Open Water

David Meca Medina (born February 1, 1974 in Sabadell) is a long distance swimmer from Spain, who has swum from mainland Spain to Ibiza among his exploits. He won gold at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montréal for the Men's Open Water 25km.

Meca tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone at a marathon World Cup event in Brazil in 1999. He appealed against his two-year suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, and had it reduced to one year.

Meca took silver in the 5km event at the 2000 World Championships in Hawaii. He also won silver in the 25km competition and a bronze in the 10km at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Meca successfully swam the English Channel on 10 Aug 2004 in a time of 7 h 46 mins and again on 29 Aug 2005 in a time of 7 h 22 mins.^[1]

He swims for the Club Natació Sabadell.

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[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

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