José Emmanuel Crescimbeni Barrantes (born June 25, 1990) is an American-born competition swimmer who has represented Peru in international events, specializing in the butterfly. He represented his parents' homeland

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at the

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and has currently owned Peruvian records in both the 100 and 200 m butterfly. While residing in the

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, Crescimbeni claimed the 2007 Florida High School state championship title in his signature events, and later served as a member of the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under head coach

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. Crescimbeni competed as Peru's lone male swimmer in the 200 m butterfly at the

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. He scored a ninth-place time in 2:01.09 to clear the FINA B-cut (2:01.80) at the

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. Swimming in heat one, Crescimbeni held off a hard-charging Javier Hernández Maradiaga of Honduras by a tenth of a second (0.1) to snatch the third spot in 2:02.13. Crescimbeni failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed forty-first overall in the prelims.

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Player Bio – Florida Gators
1990 births Living people American male butterfly swimmers Citizens of Peru through descent Peruvian male butterfly swimmers Pan American Games competitors for Peru Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers for Peru Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics American sportspeople of Peruvian descent American emigrants to Peru Peruvian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Florida Gators men's swimmers Sportspeople from Gaithersburg, Maryland {{Peru-swimming-bio-stub