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Swimming At The 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 Metre Backstroke
The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 1998-01-18 in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., Western Australia. A Final B Final Qualifying heats Remarks See also * 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke (Atlanta) * 1997 Men's World SC Championships 200m Backstroke (Gothenburg) * 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Backstroke (Seville) * 2000 Men's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke (Sydney) References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 200 metre backstroke Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg (born September 28, 1975, as Leonid Krayzelburg; uk, Леонід Крайзельбург, russian: link=no, Леони́д Кра́йзельбург) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a total of four Olympic gold medals. Early years Krayzelburg is Jewish, and was born to Jewish parents in Odessa (then Soviet Union, now Ukraine). Krayzelburg and his family left the Soviet Union in 1989 for the United States. They settled in Los Angeles. After their immigration, Krayzelburg's family suffered from financial difficulties. He had to commute by bus and on foot 45 minutes each way to swimming practice, and did not get home before 9:30 in the evening. In addition, Lenny had to cope with language problems, and to study English rapidly in order to understand his coaches' instructions. Thankfully he was aided by the extensive Russian community in Los Angeles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Battistelli
Stefano ("Bibi") Battistelli (born 6 March 1970 in Rome) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Italy. Biography He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ... (1988 and 1992), and won a bronze medal at each appearance. The bronze in Seoul was the first Olympic medal for a male Italian swimmer. See also * Italy national swimming team - Multiple medalists External links * 1970 births Living people Swimmers from Rome Olympic swimmers of Italy Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Italian male swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Italian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian O'Connor
Adrian O'Connor (born 11 January 1972) is a retired male backstroke swimmer from Ireland. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he did not qualify for the final in his two individual starts (100m and 200m backstroke). He was born in New Ross, Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N .... References External links * 1972 births Living people Male backstroke swimmers Irish male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Ireland Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people {{Ireland-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis (born April 21, 1977 in Panevėžys) is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He was born in the city of Panevėžys. A student of the Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ... University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity Program since August 2002. References * 1977 births Living people Lithuanian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Lithuania Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Panevėžys Kaunas University of Technology alumni European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Lithuania-swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Laurentino
Nuno Filipe Gomes Laurentino (born 3 August 1975) is a Portuguese former competition swimmer who represented Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Laurentino was born in Lisbon. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition in 1997. Considered by many the most eclectic Portuguese swimmer of all time, at one point he held fifty percent of all Portuguese national swimming records. He was the first Portuguese swimmer to break the fifty-second mark in the 100-meter freestyle short course and the first Iberian swimmer to break the fifty-second mark in the 100-meter freestyle long course. He retired from competitive swimming in 2007. See also * List of University of Florida alumni * List of University of Florida Olympians This List of University of Florida Olympians includes over 150 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Perdomo
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Örn Arnarson
Örn Arnarson (born 31 August 1981 in Reykjavík) is a swimmer from Iceland. He won his first major title in 1998 at the European SC Championships in Sheffield. There he captured the title in the 200 m backstroke. A year later, at the European SC Championships 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal, Örn Arnarson won the 100 m and 200 m backstroke swimming events. Örn Arnarson has participated in three Olympics in 2000, 2004, and 2008. He is the first Icelandic male swimmer ever to participate in the finals for the Olympics back in 2000 when he came 4th place in the 200m backstroke. In late 2008, Örn Arnarson moved to Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ..., where he became the Elite Coach at Aalborg Svømmeklub Elitehold. After working for other swimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ortega
David Ortega Pitarch (born 20 July 1979 in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón) is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Spain. He swam for Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics; the World Championships in 1998, 2003, 2005, and 2007; the Mediterranean Games in 2001 and 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...; and the European Championships in 2000 and 2004. At the 2000 European Championships, he won the 100m Backstroke. References External links * * * * 1979 births Living people Spanish male backstroke swimmers Spanish male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Selkov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Selkov (russian: Владимир Владимирович Сельков; born 1 April 1971 in Berezniki) is a former backstroke swimmer from Russia, who won a total number of three silver medals at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau .... His only individual medal came at his debut, at the Barcelona Games in 1992, in the 200 m backstroke. References profile* 1971 births Living people Soviet male swimmers Russian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia World Aquatics Championships medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neisser Bent
Neisser S. Bent Vázquez (born August 7, 1976 in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. At the '96 Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke, just behind fellow countryman Rodolfo Falcón. These are the only Olympic medals that Cuba has ever won in swimming. At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ..., he broke the Championship Record in the 200 backstroke (2:01.53). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by Barbados' Nick Neckles. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Machovič
Miroslav Machovič (born March 21, 1976) is a Slovak former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Slovak record holder in 50, 100, and (200 m backstroke-till today). During his sporting career, Machovic also trained for STU Trnava and Dukla Banska Bystrica under his coaches Ladislav Hlavatý, Jiřī Walter . Machovic's Olympic debut came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirty-third in the 100 m backstroke (57.78), and nineteenth in the 200 m backstroke (2:04.15). At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Machovic competed again in a backstroke double. He posted FINA B-standards of 56.63 (100 m backstroke) and 2:01.72 (200 m backstroke) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. On the second day of the Games, Machovic placed twenty-eighth in the 100 m backstroke. Swimming in heat four, he shared a fourth seed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Radley
Adrian Radley (born 22 April 1976) is a retired Australian swimming (sport), swimmer specializing in the backstroke events. He is best known for winning a gold and bronze medal in the men's 100 m backstroke and the men's medley relay at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. The medley relay consisted of a young team of Adrian Radley, Phil Rogers, Philip Rogers, Geoff Huegill and Michael Klim. It was the first time the Australians had set a world record in a relay event in over 30 years, beating the US team to Silver at the Championships and signaled the start of the men's teams resurgence as one of the world’s best relay teams. Adrian continued to win the sport throughout 1998 having continued success at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games which saw him win a gold and silver medal. The same year saw Adrian rewrite the record books as a dual Commonwealth Record Holder in the 100m and 200m backstroke. His success continued abroad winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |