Walter Arciprete

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Walter Arciprete
Personal information
Full nameWalter Dario Arciprete
National team Argentina
Born (1979-05-25) 25 May 1979 (age 44)
Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, medley

Walter Dario Arciprete (born May 25, 1979) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and in individual medley events.[1] He represented Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and achieved numerous Argentine titles and records from the national championships, including his 50 m breaststroke standard (27.81) that stood for more than a decade.[2][3]

Arciprete competed only in the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:07.52 from the Argentine Long Course Nationals in Buenos Aires.[4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Kazakhstan's 29-year-old Grigoriy Matuzkov. Coming out strongly from a breaststroke leg, Arciprete faded shortly on the final lap to a fifth seed in 2:08.89, just 3.44 seconds behind winner Matuzkov. Arciprete failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[3][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Arciprete". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Walter Arciprete Sets National Mark on Day 3 of Argentina Long Course Nats". Swimming World Magazine. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Sydney 2000: Día por día" [Sydney 2000: Day by day] (in Spanish). Argentine Swimming Federation. 16–22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)