West Orange High alum, swimmer Victor Wright wins 50-meter breaststroke at Special Olympics Florida event

Wright won the Special Olympics Florida Area 6 swimming competition and will move on to regionals.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 p.m. August 4, 2024

Photo courtesy of Thomas Lightbody/TK Photography

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West Orange High alum and former swimmer Victor Wright finished first in the 50-meter breaststroke at the Special Olympics Florida Area 6 swimming competition Sunday, July 28, at the Orlando Health National Training Center in Clermont.

The competition featured the best Special Olympics swimmers from Orange, Lake and Seminole counties competing for their slots at the regional championships. Wright’s win in the event earned him a spot at regionals.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.