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Swimming At The 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The Men's 4×100 Medley Relay event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 27 July 2003 at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary heats swam during the day's morning session, with the top-8 teams advancing to swim again in a FinalWorlds 2003 results: . Published 2003-07-27 heat in the day's evening session. At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: *WR: 3:33.48 swum by the USA on August 29, 2002, in Yokohama, Japan *CR: 3:35.35 swum by Australia on July 28, 2001, in Fukuoka, Japan is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ... Results Final Preliminaries References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 2003 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 4x100 metre medley relay Swimming at the 2003 World Aqua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Popov (swimmer)
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Попо́в, born 16 November 1971), better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m freestyle at the 1992 Olympics and repeated the feat at the 1996 Olympics, and is the only male in Olympic games history to defend both titles. He held the world record in the 50 m for eight years, and the 100 m for six. In 2003, aged 31, he won 50 m and 100 m gold at the 2003 World Championships. Swimming Popov began swimming at age 8 at the Children and Youth Sports School of Fakel Sports Complex in Lesnoy, at that time afraid of water. However, his father insisted on him taking swimming lessons in that sports school, and in his own words, he has "been stuck there ever since". Popov started out as a backstroker but switched to freestyle when he joined Gennadi Touretski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Nikolaychuk
Volodymyr Hryhorovych Nikolaychuk ( uk, Володимир Григорович Ніколайчук, born 29 April 1975) is a backstroke swimmer from Ukraine, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 2000 European Long Course Championships in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ..., Finland. References References * * Ukrainian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Ukraine 1975 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Van Den Hoogenband
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (; born 14 March 1978) is a Dutch retired swimmer. He is a triple Olympic champion and former world record holder. Early life Born in Maastricht, Limburg, he is the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband and Astrid Verver, a former Dutch 800 m freestyle silver medalist at the European Junior Championships. He has a younger brother. He grew up in Geldrop, where he swam for PSV Eindhoven. His father is a team doctor with the professional football team of the same club. Russian swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexander Popov was his role model. Swimming career Early career In 1993, Van den Hoogenband achieved his first success, performing well on the European Youth Olympic Days. Before the Atlanta Games, Astrid van den Hoogenband, who was coaching the Dutch team, became frustrated with the swimmers representing the Netherlands, feeling they had much potential but would not be able to live up to it due to lack of adequat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joris Keizer
Joris Gerhard Keizer (born 26 January 1979, in Hengelo) is a retired butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100m butterfly, and finished in fourth place with the men's 4×100 medley relay team. A year earlier, Keizer won the bronze medal in the 50m butterfly at the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships. He retired from the sport after a disappointing appearance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He received his PhD in Physics and is now a post-doctorate researcher at the University of New South Wales. He has gone on to do research into the fields of quantum computing and quantum physics. See also * Dutch records in swimming Below is the complete list of the Dutch records in swimming, which are ratified by the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB). Long course (50 m) Men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thijs Van Valkengoed
Thijs Maarten van Valkengoed (born 6 July 1983 in Lelystad) is a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He trains together with his sister Jolijn in their hometown. Swimming career Thijs debuted at the international stage during the 2002 European Aquatics Championships in Berlin. Van Valkengoed's main achievement is winning the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland. Earlier that month he had qualified himself for the 2004 Summer Olympics with national records in 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. At the Olympics he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 m breaststroke, and in the heats of the 200 m breaststroke. Overtraining After the disappointing results in Montreal at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships it appeared that Thijs had been overtraining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaas-Erik Zwering
Klaas-Erik Zwering (born 19 May 1981 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a former Dutch swimmer and an Olympic medalist. He is currently studying MBO entrepreneurship as he trained in Eindhoven with the PSV Eindhoven swim club. His personal coach was Jacco Verhaeren, who is also coach for Dutch swimming phenom Pieter van den Hoogenband. Zwering originally specialized in the 200 meter backstroke, coming in seventh place in his first senior competition at the European Championships in Istanbul. In the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he came in tenth place in the same event. Recently, however, he's been focusing exclusively on freestyle swimming. In 2001 at the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Klaas-Erik was a member of the silver medal winning 4×100 meter freestyle relay team. Later, along with teammates Pieter van den Hoogenband, Johan Kenkhuis and Mitja Zastrow, Zwering won his first Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédérick Bousquet
Frédérick Bousquet (, born 8 April 1981 in Perpignan) is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from France. He was the holder of the world record in the 50 m freestyle in a time of 20.94 in long course, set on 26 April 2009 at the final of the French Championships. Since the record was swum in a banned, performance-enhancing suit it remained in limbo whether the record stood until FINA approved it in July following a modification of his suit. He is the first swimmer to go under the 21-second mark in this distance. He previously held the record in the 50 m short course in a time of 21.10, set in 2004 at the Men's NCAA Division One Swimming and Diving Championships, for over two years. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome Bousquet competed in the 50 and 100 free, capturing a silver in the 50 and bronze in the 100. Bousquet did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics but his ex-partner Laure Manaudou and his brother-in-law Florent Manaudou did. Biography Bousquet swam at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franck Esposito
Franck Esposito (born 13 April 1971 in Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a former World Record holding, and four-time Olympic, butterfly swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics; and won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly at the 1992 Olympics. During his career, he set the short course World Record in the 200 fly four times. He won a total number of four European titles in long course, starting from 1991. Esposito broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly (short course) four times. At the 1991 World Championships, he lowered the French Record in the long course 200 Fly for the first time (1:59.00). He subsequently bettered the record six more times, and as of 2013 still holds the record at 1:54.62 which he swam at the 2002 French Championships (at the time, also a European Record). He also held the French Record in the long course 100 fly from August 1993 – April 2008. Record de France de natation messieurs du 100 mèt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq (born 29 August 1981 in Saint-Lô, Manche, France) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics. He has won three Olympic bronze medals. At the 2009 World Championships, he set the European Record in the men's 100 breaststroke (58.64). from '' L'Equipe''; retrieved 2011-08-04. See also *Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq (born 29 August 1981 in Saint-Lô, Manche, France) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from France. He swam for France at the ...
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Simon Dufour
Simon Dufour (born 20 February 1979) from sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-07-22 is an Olympic backstroke swimmer from . He has swum for France at: *Olympics: , 2004, |
Daisuke Hosokawa
(born April 18, 1982 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo) is a Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ... freestyle swimmer. He is married to former swimmer Aya Terakawa. Personal bests In long course: * 50m freestyle: 23.08 (October 2, 2006) * 100m freestyle: 49.86 (April 1, 2007) * 200m freestyle: 1:49.22 (August 23, 2007) References Sources * https://web.archive.org/web/20080927044414/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/w-swim2007/pc/players/0002.html External links Daisuke's Official Blog 1982 births Japanese male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Amagasaki Living people World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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