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Rafael Antonio Vidal Castro (January 6 1964 – February 12 2005) was a Venezuelan competition swimmer and sports commentator.Vidal was born in Caracas Venezuela in 1964. At age 20 he became the first Venezuelan swimmer to win an Olympic medal in the 200-meter butterfly competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California. Although he was one of the smallest men in the pool at 5-foot-11 Vidal was well ahead of West Germany’s 6-foot-7 Michael Gross at the finish.