Santiago Deu

Santiago Deu
Personal information
Full name Santiago Deu
National team  Andorra
Born (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980
Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Santiago Deu (born March 21, 1980) is an Andorran former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] Deu competed only in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:59.39.[2] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Uzbekistan's two-time Olympian Oleg Tsvetkovskiy. Deu rounded out the field to last place in a personal best of 1:59.31, finishing behind the leader Tsvetskovskiy by 4.38 seconds. Deu failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Santiago Deu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 124. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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