Iván Rodríguez Mesa

Iván Rodríguez Mesa
Personal information
Full name Iván Rodríguez Mesa
National team  Panama
Born (1977-01-22) 22 January 1977
Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team Arizona State University (U.S.)
Coach Mike Chasson (U.S.)

Iván Rodríguez Mesa (born January 22, 1977) is a Panamanian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team under head coach Mike Chasson.[2][3]

Rodriguez competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.52 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[5] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including Israel's top favorite Tal Stricker and Chinese Taipei's 16-year-old Yang Shang-hsuan. He raced to sixth place in a time of 1:04.68, trailing Mexico's Alfredo Jacobo by a hundredth of a second (0.01). Rodriguez failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fourth overall on the first day of prelims.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Iván Rodríguez Mesa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "ASU Olympians List". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Arizona State Olympians" (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 41. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Martinez, Carlos Alberto (3 April 1999). "En natación y en tiro, Panamá iniciará la aventura de Sydney" [In swimming and shooting, Panama's adventure starts in Sydney] (in Spanish). Critica. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 241. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Czene Misses Medal At Olympics". Arizona State Sun Devils. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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