Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Representing

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at the

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, he currently holds a national record in the 50 m freestyle that stood for more than a decade. Blanco competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the

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. He achieved a

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B-standard entry time of 23.87 from the Central American and Mexican Championships in his hometown San José. Swimming in heat three, Blanco powered past the entire field to a top seed in a new Costa Rican record of 23.72. Blanco's blistering triumph was not enough to put him through to the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.

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