Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou ( gr, Χρύσανθος Παπαχρυσάνθου; born 7 February 1979) is a Cypriot former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a four-time All-Academic honoree (1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002), and an eight-time All-Conference champion in freestyle swimming (50 and 100 m). In 2002, Papachrysanthou was named Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient for his full commitment and dedication towards academic and athletic excellence, service, and leadership. As a member of the Cyprus team, Papachrysanthou made his official debut at the

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, where he competed in the men's 100 m freestyle. He rounded out the fifth heat to last place and fifty-seventh overall by 0.04 of a second behind Ecuador's Felipe Delgado in 52.82. By the following year, Papachrysanthou shared silver medals with France's

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in the 50 m freestyle at the

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in Tunis, Tunisia in 23.06 seconds. At the

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in Athens, Papachrysanthou qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.04. He challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including three-time Olympian

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of Ecuador. He edged out Thailand's Arwut Chinnapasaen to take a fifth spot by a hundredth of a second (0.01), outside his entry time of 23.51. Papachrysanthou failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries. Papachrysanthou is a member of the swimming team for Southern Illinois Salukis, and a graduate of physical education at Southern Illinois University in

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Player Bio – Southern Illinois Salukis
1979 births Living people Cypriot male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Cyprus Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nicosia Southern Illinois Salukis men's swimmers Southern Illinois University alumni Commonwealth Games competitors for Cyprus Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Cyprus-swimming-bio-stub Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Cyprus Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming