Victor Plata

Victor Andres Plata (born April 10, 1973) is a triathlete from the United States. He is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota and his hometown is Santa Cruz, California.

Plata competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed twenty-seventh with a total time of 1:57:09.09. Plata was the alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 2000. In 2005 Plata was ranked as high as 4th in the International Triathlon Union World Rankings for triathlon.

Plata was sponsored by Power Bar from 1996-2016.

In 1997 Plata graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences.

In 2013 Plata began teaching at Palma High School in Salinas, California.

Plata is now the track and field coach for the Palma Middle School Track Team.

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