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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