Guntars Deičmans (born 4 March 1983) is a Latvian former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He is a 2004 Olympian, and a multiple-time Latvian champion and record holder in the same stroke (both 200 and 400 m). Deicmans qualified for two swimming events at the

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, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 2:03.77 (200 m individual medley) from the FINA World Championships in

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and 4:28.44 (400 m individual medley) from the

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. In the 400 m individual medley, Deicmans touched out Philippines' Miguel Molina to break a 4:30 barrier and capture a seventh spot on the second heat by four seconds, in a time of 4:29.17. In the 200 m individual medley, Deicmans challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including two-time Olympians Jeremy Knowles of the Bahamas and

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of Greece. He cruised to fifth place by 0.39 of a second behind Barbados'

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, breaking a Latvian record of 2:03.68. Deicmans failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.

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* * * * * 1983 births Living people Latvian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Latvia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jelgava {{Latvia-swimming-bio-stub