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Orlando Cossani
Orlando Cossani (2 August 1932 – 18 March 2004) was an Argentine Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in the Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke, men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References 1932 births 2004 deaths Argentine male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Argentina Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine people {{Argentina-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
