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Swimming At The 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The Men's 400 Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 20 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.Worlds 2003 resultsMen's 400 Free -- Finalfrom Omega Timing (official timer). Published 2003-07-20; retrieved 2013-06-06. Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were: *WR: 3:40.08 swum by Ian Thorpe (Australia) on 30 July 2002 in Manchester, UK *CR: 3:40.17 swum by Ian Thorpe (Australia) on 22 July 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 Worlds 2003: Men's 400 Free resultsfrom swimrankings.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 400 Metre Freestyle Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian along with fellow swimmer Emma McKeon. With three gold and two silver medals, Thorpe was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, held in his hometown of Sydney. At the age of 14, Thorpe became the youngest male ever to represent Australia,Hunter, p. 75. and his victory in the 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 Perth World Championships made him the youngest-ever individual male World Champion.Andrews, pp. 434–436, 487. After that victory, Thorpe dominated the 400 m freestyle, winning the event at every Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific Swimming Championships until his break after the 2004 Olympics in Athens. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli ( ar, أسامة الملولي; born 16 February 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Trojans team based at the University of Southern California, where he studied as a computer science undergraduate and swam collegiately. Since returning from an Adderall-related drugs ban, Oussama Mellouli has been the 1500 m freestyle World champion at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships with a winning time of 14:37.28, then the second-best performance of all time. Mellouli was the gold medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2008 Olympics, the bronze medalist in the 1500 freestyle at the 2012 Olympics, and the gold medalist in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2012 Olympics. He is the first Olympian to win medals in both the open water and the pool in a single Olympics. Biography Born in Tunis, Mellouli left Tunisia at the age of 15 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunichi Fujita
Shun'ichi or Shunichi (written: or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese baseball player and manager *, Japanese academic *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sprint canoeist *, Japanese engineer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese volleyball player, announcer and television personality *, Japanese footballer * Shun'ichi Kuryu (born 1958), Japanese bureaucrat *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese musician and voice actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese composer *, Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer and sumo wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese physician *, Japanese screenwriter {{DEFAULTSORT:Shunichi Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojan Zdešar
Bojan Zdešar (born November 30, 1984 in Ljubljana) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He swam in the long-distance swimming Long-distance swimming is distinguished from ordinary swimming in that the distances involved are longer than are typically swum in pool competitions. When a given swim calls more on endurance than on outright speed, it is the more likely to be co ... events. Referencessports-reference 1984 births Living people Slovenian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Slovenia Sportspeople from Ljubljana {{Slovenia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzmitry Koptur
Dzmitry Uladzimiravich Koptur (also ''Dmitry Koptur'', be, Дзмітрый Уладзіміравіч Коптур; born September 6, 1978) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He is a 2000 Olympian and a three-time Belarusian record holder in the 400, 800, and 1500 m freestyle. Koptur competed in three swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He cleared a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:27.86 (400 m freestyle) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. On the first day of the Games, Koptur placed twenty-second in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat four, he rounded out the field to last place by almost ten seconds behind winner Massimiliano Rosolino of Italy in 3:55.26. Four days later, Koptur teamed up with Pavel Lagoun, Igor Koleda, and Valeryan Khuroshvili in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the third leg, Koptur recorded a split of 1:51.14, but the Belarusians fell short to sixth place and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (swimmer)
David Michael Rhys Davies (born 3 March 1985) is a Welsh former competitive swimmer who has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games, and swam for Great Britain at Summer Olympics, world championships and European championships, winning medals in each of those major international championships. Davies specialised in long-distance freestyle and open water events. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004, 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics. As of the end of 2010, he held the British Records in the 400-, 800- and 1500-metre freestyle events. Swimming career At the 2003 European Junior Championships he won a gold medal. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's 1,500m freestyle, in a time of 14:45.95 (a British and European record). He also swam at the 2004 European Championships and the 2005 World Championships. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Davies won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Stańczyk
Przemysław Stańczyk (born 12 February 1985 in Szczecin) is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Poland. He has swum for Poland at the: *Olympics: 2004, 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... *World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007 *World University Games: 2005, 2009 References 1985 births Living people Polish male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Poland Sportspeople from Szczecin World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athanasios Oikonomou
Thanasis Oikonomou ( gr, Θανάσης Οικονόμου; born 2 April 1978) is a Greek swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oi/thanasis-oikonomou-1.html 1978 births Living people Greek male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Greece Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games {{Greece-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emiliano Brembilla
Emiliano Brembilla (born 21 December 1978) is a freestyle swimmer from Italy who was five-time individual European Champion, four in 400 m freestyle (1997, 2000, 2002 and 2004) and one in 1500 m freestyle (1997). Career He won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. A long-distance specialist, he made his first mark at the 1997 European Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain, where he won three titles. Brembilla competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. Personal bests ;Individual long course *100 m freestyle: 50.58 *200 m freestyle: 1:46.29 *400 m freestyle: 3:45.11 *800 m freestyle: 7:55.17 *1500 m freestyle: 14:58.65 National titles Brembilla won 41 national championships at individual senior level. *Absolute (18) ** 200 freestyle: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008 (7) ** 400 freestyle: 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 (6) ** 800 freestyle: 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Say
Richard Say (born May 18, 1979) is a three-time Olympic and National record-holding swimmer from Canada. Say swam as a child for the Salmon Arm Sockeye Swim Club with his two brothers and two sisters. At the age of 18, he began attending the University of Victoria and started to swim seriously. Say became a mainstay of the National Swim Team, starting in 1998. His career to date includes 20 national titles and Canadian records in five individual events – 100 free, 200 free, 400 free (scm), 200 free and 400 free (lcm) – not to mention the vast number of national relay records he has been involved in. He has competed for Canada at three Olympic Games (2000, 2004 and 2008), reaching the finals of the 200 freestyle in 2000 and 2004. He has been to four World Championships (2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007) where he was an integral part of Canada's relays which swam in the finals. At the 2004 World Short Course Championships, Say won three medals – a silver in the 200 free, and bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Johnston (swimmer)
Mark Johnston (born August 31, 1979) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games, in Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia in 2000 and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece in 2004. Johnston's consecutive 10-year run on the Canadian national team was longer than any other current swimmer at the time. Born and raised in St. Catharines, he was named to the national team in 1996 while swimming for Swim Brock Niagara (now Brock Niagara Aquatics). He went on to win numerous medals on the world stage throughout his career representing Canada at two Commonwealth Games, five World Championships, the Pan-American Games, three Pan-Pacific Aquatic Championships, and several other major international competitions. He is a 14-time national champion and his best Olympic result was the fifth place in the men's 4x200-metre freestyle relay in Athens, Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Filipets
Aleksey Vladimirovich Filipets (russian: Алексей Владимирович Филипец; born 18 August 1978) is a retired Russian swimmer. He specialized in the 1500 m freestyle, in which he won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships and a silver medal at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001. He finished fourth and 19th in the same event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, respectively. He graduated from the Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism in Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe .... References 1978 births Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic swimmers of Russia Russian male freestyle swimmers Russian male swimmers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
