Chris Hackel
Chris Jean Tamas Jacques Hackel (born 15 December 1987) is a Mauritian swimmer. Hackel represented Mauritius at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2004 Summer Olympics Hackel competed in the Men's 50 metre freestyle and won his individual heat, but finished 62nd overall out of 86 competitors. 2006 Commonwealth Games Hackel competed in 3 different events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 100 metres freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ..., 200 metres freestyle, and 400 metres freestyle. External links * InfoYahoo! Sports 1987 births Living people Mauritian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Mauritius Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Mauritius ...
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Mauritian
Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably Indian), Sub-Saharan African (Mauritian Creoles), European (European Mauritians), and Chinese descent, as well those of a mixed background from any combination of the aforementioned ethnic groups. History Mauritian Creoles trace their origins to the plantation owners and people who were captured via the slave trade and brought to work the sugar fields. Plantation owners were predominantly of European ancestry while the enslaved people mostly had ancestry from continental Africa. When slavery was abolished on 1 February 1835, an attempt was made to secure a cheap source of adaptable labour for intensive sugar plantations in Mauritius. Indentured labour began with Indian, Chinese, Malay, African and Malagasy labourers, but ultimately, it w ...
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Mauritius At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Mauritius competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. Mauritius Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of nine athletes, six men and three women, competed only five different sports. Boxer Michael Medor was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. There was only a single competitor in archery, boxing, and weightlifting. Mauritius, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal. Sprinter Stephane Buckland set the nation's historical milestone as the first Mauritian athlete to reach an Olympic final with a prospect of bringing home a medal for the team, but managed only to finish strongly in sixth place. Archery One Mauritian archer qualified each for the men's individual archery through a tripartite invitation. ;Men Athletics Mauritian athletes have so far achieved qualifying s ...
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Mauritius At The 2006 Commonwealth Games
Mauritius was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia by a xx-member contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. Medals Medalists Silver * Stéphan Buckland, Athletics, Men's 200 m * Giovanni Frontin, Boxing, Lightweight (60 kg) Category * (Louis Richard) Bruno Julie, Boxing, Bantamweight (54 kg) Category References * * Mauritius at the Commonwealth Games Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Metre Freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20. United States' Gary Hall Jr. defended his Olympic title in the event in 21.93, just two hundredths of a second off the record set by Alexander Popov in 1992. The silver medal was awarded to Croatia's Duje Draganja, who placed behind Hall in 21.94. South Africa's Roland Mark Schoeman completed his full set of medals by adding a bronze in 22.02. Defending bronze medalist Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands (22.56), and dual Olympic champion Alexander Popov of Russia (22.58) missed the semifinals. By the following year, Popov announced his retirement from swimming, and became a full-time member of the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based ...
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Swimming At The 2006 Commonwealth Games - Men's 100 Metres Freestyle
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response. Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming is featured in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming involves repeated motions known as strokes in order to propel the body forward. While the front crawl, also known as freestyle, is widely regarded as the fastest out of four primary strokes, other strokes are practiced for special purposes, such as for training. ...
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