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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30 March (heats, semifinals and a swim-off) and on the evening of 31 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 123 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 118 swam. Existing records at the start of the event were: * World record (WR): 50.40, Ian Crocker (USA), 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Canada. * Championship record (CR): 50.40, Ian Crocker (USA), Montreal 2005 (30 July 2005) Results Finals Semifinals Swim-off for 8th/Finals # Jason Dunford (Kenya) — 51.85 (Q) # Ryan Pini Ryan John Pini MBE (born 10 December 1981 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) is a 4-time Olympic swimmer from Papua New Guinea. He swam for PNG at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympics; also serving as the PNG flagbearer in 2008 and 2016. He ... (Papua New Guinea) — 52.10 Heats See also * Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly * Swimming at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Laver Arena
Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year. History Replacing the aging Kooyong Stadium, construction on the arena began in 1985. It was undertaken by Civil & Civic was completed in 1987 at a cost of AU$94 million. It opened on 11 January 1988 for the 1988 Australian Open. Originally known in 1988 as the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park, the arena has officially changed its name twice. First in 1996, when it was known as the Centre Court, and again on 16 January 2000 to honour Rod Laver, a three-time winner of the Australian Open and one of the world's greatest tennis players. Features Rod Laver Arena has a seating capacity of 14,820, with a capacity of 15,400 for sports such as basketball, when extra seats are added around the court, and up to 14,200 for concerts with floor seating. The arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mankoč
Peter Mankoč (born 4 July 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian swimmer. He is one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event. Mankoč is the former world record holder in the 100 meter individual medley (short course). Personal Mankoč was born in Ljubljana, where he has lived most of his life. He began swimming competitively at the age of eight. During his swimming career, he was employed as a police officer by the Slovenian government. He is married to an Estonian swimmer Triin Aljand. They have two daughters Brina and Elise and one son Erik. Swimming With height of 1.92 m and weight of 87 kg, Mankoč has always been a short distance swimmer. His strength and explosiveness led to short courses sprint preference, where he has achieved his best results. Mankoč is a member of Ilirija Ljubljana swimming club, where he developed under coach Dimitrij Mancevič. Swimming career overview Mankoč participat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Takayasu
is a Japanese butterfly swimmer. Major achievements 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships * 100m butterfly 2nd (52.59) * 4×100m medley relay 2nd (3:35.70) 2007 World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... * 50m butterfly 10th (24.03) * 100m butterfly 23rd (53.53) Personal bests In long course * 50m butterfly: 23.45 Japanese Record (April 16, 2009) * 100m butterfly: 52.43 (April 20, 2008) In short course * 50m butterfly: 23.04 (March 16, 2008) * 100m butterfly: 49.90 Asian, Japanese Record (March 8, 2009) References * http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/japan2007/pc/players/0020.html 1981 births Living people Japanese male butterfly swimmers People from Kanagawa Prefecture World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Коротышкин) (born 30 April 1983) is a Russian swimmer from Moscow. He specialises in the butterfly stroke, winning the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1983 births Living people Russian male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers World record holders in swimming Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Russia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavio Alesi
Octavio Andrés Alesi Gonzaléz (born 10 December 1986) is an Olympic swimmer from Venezuela. Participation He swam for Venezuela at the: *Olympics: 2008, 2012 *World Championships: 2003, 2007, 2009 *Pan American Games: 2003, 2007, 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ... *Central American & Caribbean Games: 2006 References 1986 births Living people Venezuelan male swimmers Venezuelan male freestyle swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Venezuela Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Barinas (state) Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pine
Adam Robert Pine (born 28 February 1976) is a retired Australian freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics . ausport.gov.au Pine competed for Australia in the , and and . In 2000, he swam in the heats for the gold (4×100-metre freestyle relay) and silver (4×100-metre medley rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moss Burmester
Moss James Burmester (born 19 June 1981) is a New Zealand swimmer and diver. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Burmester was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He grew up in Tauranga and received his education at Otumoetai College. His career highlights in the 200m butterfly are 4th at the 2008 Olympics and gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where he set a Commonwealth Games record of 1:56.64. He was the bronze medallist in the 100m butterfly at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 52.73 and set a New Zealand record of 52.37 when qualifying for New Zealand's 2008 Olympic team. After he retired from swimming, he became an unassisted diver. Career highlights 2008 Olympics In the 200m butterfly final, Burmester led for the first 50m, slipped to second behind Michael Phelps for the middle 100m and finished 4th equal, setting a Commonwealth record of 1:54.35. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury Leveaux
Amaury Raymond Leveaux (born 2 December 1985) is a French swimmer from Belfort. Leveaux is a former world record holder in the 100 m freestyle (short course – 44.94 sec), the 50 m freestyle (short course – 20.48 sec), and the 50 m butterfly (short course – 22.18 sec). He also formerly held the national record in the 200 m freestyle (long course – 1:46.54). Career Up to 2003, Leveaux competed in the junior categories, and was runner-up in the 100 m freestyle and the 100 m butterfly in the European Championships in Glasgow in 2003. , FFN (French Swimming Federation). Retrieved 11 July 2008. Having previously dominated the French junior championships, Leveaux took the silver in the 50 m butterfly event in the French open championship in 2003 held in Saint-Étienne. In 2004, Leveaux won his first gold medal in the French Championships in the 200 m freestyle, while also taking the silver in the 100 m freestyle event. He was later chosen to join the French nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Mangabeira
Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira (born 31 January 1982) is a Brazilian competition swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-metre butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Mangabeira also won a silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 2007 Pan American Games. Early years Mangabeira was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1982. College career Mangabeira attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2001 to 2004. As a Gator swimmer, he received eighteen All-American honors. Mangabeira graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in food and resource economics in 2004. International career He started swimming at the instigation of his grandfather, who was a swimming teacher, at the age of two years. He tried judo at 10 years old, but left due to his mother. His fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yauheni Lazuka
Yauheni Lazuka or Yevgeniy Lazuka (, born 13 April 1989 in Salihorsk Salihorsk ( be, Саліго́рск ; russian: Солиго́рск , Soligorsk) is a city in Belarus. In 2018 its population was 106,627. History The city is one of the country's newest settlements; its construction began in 1958. In May 1963 ..., Belarus) is an Azerbaijani swimmer of Belarusian origin. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 100 m butterfly and the 4 x 100 m medley relay. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre butterfly, finishing in 38th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. References Azerbaijani male swimmers Belarusian male swimmers Living people Olympic swimmers of Azerbaijan Olympic swimmers of Belarus Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) 1989 births People from Salihorsk Sportspeople from Minsk Region [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lauterstein
Andrew George Lauterstein (born 22 May 1987) is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist. Personal Lauterstein grew up in Black Rock, Victoria and attended Brighton Grammar School. He has an elder brother and a younger sister. In his youth, Lauterstein was in the Victorian state football team and represented Australia at baseball in youth teams. He quit both sports at the age of 16 to concentrate on swimming. Outside of his swimming life, Lauterstein is a keen aspiring DJ and was one of the 50 nominees for the 2008 Cleo Bachelor of the Year award, which was eventually awarded to Jason Dundas. 2007 World Championships At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Lauterstein qualified 11th in the heats of the 100-metre butterfly in a time of 52.63 seconds. He managed only a time of 52.99 seconds in the semifinals and was eliminated in 15th place. In the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, Lauterstein swam the third leg. Australia was fifth at the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corney Swanepoel
Corney Swanepoel (born 17 March 1986 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a butterfly swimmer from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati .... At the 2008 Olympics, he swam the 100 fly, where he finished 12th, and swam on New Zealand's 5th-place finishing 4 × 100 medley relay. He holds the New Zealand Records in the 50m Butterfly (both long course and short course) and 100m Butterfly (both long course and short course). References New Zealand Olympic CommitteeNew Zealand Records External links * * * * * 1986 births Living people Olympic swimmers of New Zealand South African emigrants to New Zealand Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
