Andrés Bicocca (born January 14, 1976) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and coach of Club Deportivo Hispano Americano in

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, along head coach Alejandro Amuchástegui. Bicocca competed only in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the

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. He achieved a

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B-standard entry time of 2:22.06 from the Latin Cup in

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. He posted a lifetime best of 2:20.98 to maintain a lead from start to finish in heat one, against two other swimmers Nguyen Ngoc Anh of Vietnam and Leonard Ngoma of Zambia. Bicocca failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-seventh overall in the prelims.

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1976 births Living people Argentine male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Argentina Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Argentine male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from San Martín, Buenos Aires Swimmers from Buenos Aires Province 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-swimming-bio-stub