Andy Wibowo
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Andy Wibowo (born June 9, 1980) is an Indonesian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. He won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly (55.59) at the
2007 Southeast Asian Games The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...
in
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. Wibowo qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
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, by posting a FINA B-standard of 55.86 from
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. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 17-year-old Michal Rubáček of the Czech Republic. He raced to sixth place by nearly two seconds behind winner Rubacek, outside his entry time of 56.86. Wibowo failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-fourth overall in the preliminaries. In 2009, Wibowo embarked on a new career as a triathlete. Since then, he has competed in numerous tournaments across Southeast Asia, including the annual MRA Bali International Triathlon, where he claimed at least two age group titles.


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NBC Olympics Profile
* 1980 births Living people Indonesian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Indonesia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers Sportspeople from Bali SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia SEA Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games 20th-century Indonesian people 21st-century Indonesian people People from Badung Regency {{Indonesia-swimming-bio-stub