Fernando Medrano Medina (born May 14, 1988) is a Nicaraguan former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. Medrano qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, by receiving a Universality place from

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, in an entry time of 1:00.80. He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Luis Matias of Angola and

Rad Aweisat Rad Aweisat ( ar, رعد عويسات; born October 27, 1986) is a Palestinian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. Aweisat qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly, as Palestine's youngest athlete (aged 17), at the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

of Palestine. He raced to second place by nearly two seconds behind winner Matias in 1:00.91. Medrano failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.

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1988 births Living people Nicaraguan male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Nicaragua Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers {{Nicaragua-swimming-bio-stub