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Swimming At The 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 Metre Freestyle S5
The men's 100 metre freestyle S5 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center The National Aquatics Centre (), and colloquially known as the Water Cube () and the Ice Cube (), is an aquatics center at the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The facility was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the .... Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five swimmers in the second heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements. Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Final {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle S5 Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing National Aquatics Center
The National Aquatics Centre (), and colloquially known as the Water Cube () and the Ice Cube (), is an aquatics center at the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The facility was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. During the Olympics — where it hosted diving, swimming and synchronized swimming events — 25 world records were broken in swimming. In July 2010, a renovation of the facility was completed, which included the addition of a public water park. With Beijing being awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Water Cube became known as the Ice Cube as part of the Water Cube was renovated in 2019 to allow the hosting of curling events. Architecture In July 2003 the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international architectural competition for the aquatic center project. The Water Cube was specially designed and built by a consortium made up of PTW Architects (an Australian architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Dias
Daniel de Faria Dias (born 24 May 1988) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered his first international competition two years later winning five medals. He competed in a wide range of swimming events at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Paralympics and won 27 medals, including 14 gold medals. Early life Dias was born in 1988 in Campinas, a city to the north of São Paulo. He was born with malformed upper and lower limbs. Dias began swimming at the age of 16, after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and learned four styles of swimming in two months. He studied mechatronical engineering and physical education at the Universidade São Francisco. Career His first major event was the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa. He won the gold medal in three events, and a silver medal in a further two. At the age of 20, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy
Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy (Ukrainian: Дмитро Крижановський, also transliterated Dmitry Kryzhanovskiy) is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S5 events. Dmitry has competed in two paralympics for Ukraine winning a total of four medals including one gold. His first games were the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 50m butterfly finishing fifth, winning silver in both the 50 m and 100 m freestyle behind Spain's Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso who set a new world record in both events. His second games were the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he competed as part of the 20pt 4×50 m medley where the Ukrainian team finished fifth, he also finished second again in the 100 m freestyle this time behind Brazil's Daniel Dias Daniel de Faria Dias (born 24 May 1988) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Perkins
Roy Perkins (born May 9, 1990) is an American paralympic swimmer who competes in the S5 classification. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, Perkins won one gold and one bronze medal. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he won two silver and two bronze medals. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he won one gold and one silver medal.Roy Perkins . rio2016.com Perkins was born without hands or feet and first learned to swim when he was 12 years old. He attended in San Diego and later |
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part,"Beijing 2008" the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Rodríguez (swimmer) (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer
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Sebastián Rodríguez may refer to: * Sebastián Rodríguez de Villaviciosa (1618–1663), Spanish dramatist * Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso (born 1957), Spanish Paralympic swimmer * Pablo Sebastián Rodríguez (born 1978), Argentine basketball player * Sebastián Rodríguez (footballer) Sebastián Javier Rodríguez Iriarte (born 16 August 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alianza Lima. Club career Born in Canelones, Rodríguez began playing youth football with Danubio, and made his pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Stephens
Anthony Stephens (born 9 July 1986) is a British swimmer who has participated in three Paralympic Games, winning five medals. He competes in S5 classification events. Career Stephens began swimming at the age of three and by eight he was competing in national events. In 2003 he entered the British Championships taking gold in both the 200m Freestyle and 150m Individual Medley. He was selected for the Great Britain team in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. There he competed in seven events, the 50m, 100m and 200m The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a Sprint (running), sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run th ... Freestyle (S5), the 50m Backstroke (S5), 200m Individual Medley (S5) and the 4x50m Freestyle (20pts) and 4x50m Medley (20pts) relays. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Anthony Living people 1986 births English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Suzuki (swimmer)
is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category events. Career Takayuki was part of the Japanese contingent as two Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was .... In 2004 he was part of the Japanese squad that won a silver in the 4x50m medley behind a new Paralympic record set by the Brazilian team, he was also part of the squad that finished fourth in the 4x50m freestyle. Individually he finished eighth in the individual medley and seventh in the 100m freestyle. At the 2008 games Takayuki set a new world record in the heats of the 50m breaststroke going on to win the gold medal in the final, he also won a bronze in the 150m individual medley, he finished eighth in the 200m freestyle, seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clodoaldo Silva (swimmer)
Clodoaldo Silva (born 1 February 1979) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning three silver medals and one bronze. He competed again at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where he set four world records, five Paralympic records, and won six gold medals and one silver."Paralympic Sport Awards Winners – 2005" , International Paralympic Committee He also represented Brazil at the , |
Jordi Gordillo
Jordi Gordillo Brunet (born 16 August 1983 in Barcelona) is a S5 classified swimmer from Spain. He has cerebral palsy. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 50 meter 20 point medley relay. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 50 meter 20 point medley relay. From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal. F ... scholarship. References External links * * 1983 births Living people Swimmers from Barcelona Spanish male freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Spain Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moises Fuentes (swimmer)
Moises or Moisés is a male name common among people of Iberian origin. It is the Spanish, Portuguese and Tagalog equivalent of the name Moses. ;Places * Doctor Moisés Bertoni, a village in the Caazapá department of Paraguay * Moises Padilla Moises Padilla, officially the Municipality of Moises Padilla ( hil, Banwa sang Moises Padilla; tl, Bayan ng Moises Padilla), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ..., a municipality in the Negros Occidental province of the Philippines * Moisés Ville, a township in the Santa Fe province of Argentina ;Buildings * Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, a football stadium in São Paulo, Brazil * Moisés Benzaquén Rengifo Airport, serving Yurimaguas, Loreto, Peru * Moisés E. Molina High School, in Western Park, Oak Cliff Dallas, Texas, United States ;Other * Un Amor en Moisés Ville, a 2001 Argentine drama film. ;Notable people [Baidu] |
