Benjamin Lo-Pinto
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| Nationality |
 Seychelles | |||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 March 1976 Victoria, Seychelles | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Lo-Pinto (born March 11, 1976 in Victoria) is a retired Seychellois swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] Lo-Pinto has collected two medals from the All-Africa Games, and later represented the Seychelles at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Lo-Pinto reached his first worldwide publicity for Seychelles at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he earned a silver medal in the 100 m backstroke (59.64), and bronze in the 200 m backstroke (2:11.21).[2][3] Because of his stellar performance from the Games, he was named the Sportsman of the Year by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.[4]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lo-Pinto competed only in the men's 100 m backstroke. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 58.66 from the All-Africa Games.[5] Swimming from start to finish in heat one, he raced to the second seed in 58.66, nearly a full second behind leader Alexandru Ivlev of Moldova. Lo-Pinto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Benjamin Lo-Pinto". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "Kenyans hotfoot it to medals table". Independent Online (South Africa). 17 September 1999. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ↑ "Dedekind, 'Mad Hatter' Mandy take gold". Independent Online (South Africa). 16 September 1999. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Present and past champions get sports ambassadors’ duty". Seychelles Nation. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 274. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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| Preceded by Rival Cadeau |
Flagbearer for Seychelles Sydney 2000 |
Succeeded by Allan Julie |