Howard Xavier Hinds (born October 29, 1977) is a Curaçao former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a member of the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team, under head coach Jack Nelson. Hinds made his official debut for the

Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...

at the

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. He failed to reach the top 16 final in the 50 m freestyle, finishing only in fifty-fourth place at 24.63. At the

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, Hinds competed only in a sprint freestyle double. He achieved

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B-standards of 23.88 (50 m freestyle) and 52.58 (100 m freestyle) from the

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. In the

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, Hinds placed fifty-first on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three, he fell short to a second seed, from start to finish, in a lifetime best of 52.52, clipping 0.06 seconds off his entry time, but finishing just behind Uzbekistan's

Ravil Nachaev Ravil Nachaev (also ''Ravil Nagayev'', rus, Равиль Начаев; born June 17, 1974 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and ...

, the winner of his heat, by three-tenths of a second (0.30). Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Hinds pulled off again a second seed and fifty-second overall in the same heat at 24.07, nearly half a second (0.50) behind Costa Rica's

Estebán Blanco Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Representing Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he currently holds a national record in the 50 m freestyle that st ...

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1977 births Living people Dutch Antillean male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands Antilles Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for the Netherlands Antilles People from Willemstad Curaçao male freestyle swimmers {{Curaçao-swimming-bio-stub