|
1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the NISHI Civic Pool. The last champion was Scott Miller of Australia. This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ... .
Records Prior to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NISHI Civic Pool
Nishi may refer to: * Nishi (surname) * Nishi (actress), Indian actress, a leading lady primarily in Punjabi films and some Hindi films * Nishi (tribe) in Arunachal Pradesh, India * Nishi language, a Sino-Tibetan language of India * Nishi Daak, a cruel ghost; see Ghosts in Bengali culture * Nishi–Rosen Agreement, 1898 Russo–Japanese agreement over disputed territory in Korea, partially named after Nishi Tokujirō Locations * Nishi, one pronunciation of the Japanese kanji 西, meaning west. Locations called "Nishi" include: ** Nishi District, Hokkaidō ** Nishi-ku, Fukuoka ** Nishi-ku, Hiroshima ** Nishi-ku, Kobe ** Nishi-ku, Nagoya ** Nishi-ku, Osaka ** Nishi-ku, Sapporo ** Nishi-ku, Yokohama * One of the Maug Islands {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Busquets
Ricardo J. ("Ricky") Busquets Healy (born October 3, 1974 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated .... He is now an orthodontist who works in the Bay Area of California. References Profile 1974 births Living people Puerto Rican male freestyle swimmers Puerto Rican male swimmers Puerto Rican people of Catalan descent Puerto Rican people of Irish descent Swimmers at the 1991 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Pue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Steel (swimmer)
John Meredith Steel (born 27 October 1972 in Auckland) is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Steel won two silver medals (4 × 100 m Freestyle and 4 × 200 m Freestyle) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Four years earlier Steel captured the bronze medal with the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Auckland. Steel now works for Air NZ as a flight attendant. Despite being from New Zealand he won the 1990 'Open' ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 50 metre backstroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hisayoshi Tanaka
is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References 1979 births Living people Japanese male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games competitors for Japan Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravil Nachaev
Ravil Nachaev (also ''Ravil Nagayev'', rus, Равиль Начаев; born June 17, 1974 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a gold medalist in the 50 m freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Nachaev made his official debut, as a 22-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 50 m freestyle (23.12), and forty-eighth in the 100 m butterfly (56.61). He also placed seventeenth, as a member of the Uzbekistan team, in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:28.33). At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Nachaev competed as a member of the Uzbekistan team in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, along with Oleg Tsvetkovskiy, Petr Vasiliev, and Oleg Pukhnatiy. Although he swam the anchor leg in heat one, his team had been disqualified due to an early rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Sheeran
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (''Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspirati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Chengji
Jiang Chengji (born 25 November 1975) (; born November 25, 1975 in Shanghai) is an international male PR China, Chinese Butterfly stroke, butterfly, breaststroke and Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Shanghai. He competed at the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly, 100 m butterfly, finishing fourth, 0.07 seconds behind the bronze medal winner. He also finished in 4th place in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle, 50m freestyle at the same Olympics, 0.04 seconds behind the third-place finisher. Jiang also participated for China in Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics in the Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle, 50 m freestyle but failed to pass into the later stages, finishing tied 17th, 0.02 seconds outside the time needed to qualify for the semifinals. Jiang finished third at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Garza
{{disambiguation ...
Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film * ''Sergio'' (2020 film), a biographical drama film * Sergio, the mascot for the Old Orchard Beach Surge baseball team See also *Hurricane Sergio (other) The name Sergio has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. * Tropical Storm Sergio (1978) – threatened Baja California. * Hurricane Sergio (1982) – never threatened land. * Hurricane Sergio (2006) – never threate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Barrett
Casey Barrett (born February 16, 1975) is a Canadian former Olympic Games, Olympic swimming (sport), swimmer, writer, and the co-founder and co-CEO of Imagine Swimming, Inc, New York City's largest learn-to-swim program. He is the author of the Duck Darley crime series, with the first Duck Darley novel, ''Under Water'', published in fall 2017. Swimming career Barrett learned to swim when he was four-years-old on L'Île-Dorval, Quebec, Dorval Island, outside of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He started swimming competitively with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and later at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. In college, he was a nine-time All-American at the University of Southern California and Southern Methodist University. In 1996, Barrett was a member of the Canadian Olympic swim team in Atlanta, where he placed 11th in the 200-metre butterfly. In 2002, Barrett co-founded Imagine Swimming, Inc. with partner, former German national team member and University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Brown (swimmer)
Stephen or Steven Brown may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stephen Brown (athlete) (born 1969), Trinidadian hurdler * Stephen Brown (composer) (born 1948), Canadian composer * Stephen Brown (film producer) (born 1961), American film producer, media executive and entrepreneur * Stephen Brown (Jesuit) (1881–1962), Irish writer, bibliographer, librarian * Stephen Brown (playwright), English playwright * Stephen Brown (television producer), American producer of game and reality shows * Stephen Mark Brown, American opera singer * Steven Brown (born 1952), member of the American band Tuxedomoon Politics * Stephen Brown (judge) (born 1924), member of the British privy council * Stephen Campbell Brown (1829–1882), Australian politician Science * Stephen D. M. Brown (born 1955), British geneticist * Stephen G. R. Brown, British materials scientist Sports * Stephen Brown (canoeist) (born 1956), British sprint canoer * Steven Brown (golfer) (born 1987), English golfer * Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukihiro Matsushita
is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1973 births Living people Japanese male freestyle swimmers Japanese male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junya Kawakami
Jun'ya or Junya (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Junya Enoki (born 1988), Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese architect *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game composer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese programmer *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *Junya Tashiro Junya Tashiro (born 1974 in Saga Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Fukuoka City is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. T ... (born 1974), Japanese fashio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |