Felix Christiadi Sutanto (born December 24, 1975, in Surabaya) is a retired Indonesian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He represented

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, along with his twin brother

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, at the

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, and later received a total of sixteen All-American titles at the

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, while studying in the United States. Because of his tremendous career in college swimming, Sutanto was named the 2002 and 2003 Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year by the

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(NAIA). Sutanto accepted an

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to attend the

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, where he majored in business administration, and played for the California Baptist Lancers swimming and diving team under head coach Rick Rowland. While swimming for the Lancers, Sutanto received sixteen All-American titles, and held three meet records in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, and 200-yard individual medley at the

. He was also named the 2002 and 2003 NAIA's Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year, before graduating from the University in the spring of 2004. A member of the Indonesian squad, Sutanto competed only in the men's 200 m individual medley at the

in Sydney. He achieved a

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B-cut of 2:08.84 from the Asian Swimming Championships in Busan, South Korea. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Kuwait's four-time Olympian Sultan Al-Otaibi. Entering the Games with a top-seeded time, Sutanto enjoyed a powerful lead in the first three lengths, but fell short on the freestyle leg to register a fourth-place finish in 2:09.77, almost a 1.9-second deficit from winner Andrei Pakin of Kyrgyzstan. Sutanto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall in the prelims. Five years later, at the

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, Sutanto helped his teammates Herry Yudhianto, legend

Richard Sam Bera Richard Sam Bera (born 19 December 1971) is a former Indonesian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. He is a three-time Olympian (1988, 1996, and 2000), a bronze medalist at the Asian Games (1990), and a twen ...

, and his twin brother Albert capture a medley relay title in a time of 3:51.51.

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1975 births Living people Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Indonesia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Male medley swimmers California Baptist Lancers men's swimmers Sportspeople from Surabaya SEA Games medalists in swimming SEA Games gold medalists for Indonesia SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Indonesia 20th-century Indonesian people 21st-century Indonesian people {{Indonesia-swimming-bio-stub