Gastón Rodríguez
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Argentina |
| Born |
10 March 1982 Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Stroke(s) | Butterfly |
| Club | CAUC |
Gastón Rodríguez (born March 10, 1982 in Villa María, Córdoba) is an Argentine swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He currently holds short-course Argentine records in the 200 m butterfly (1:57.34) and 200 m individual medley (2:01.03), both from the national championships in Rosario.[2]
Rodriguez qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.77 from the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3][4] He topped the first heat by a 1.60-second margin over Indonesia's Donny Utomo, outside his entry time of 2:04.01. Rodriguez failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]
In 2005, Rodriguez lowered his national record to 2:02.26 at the Argentina Long Course Championships in Buenos Aires. He also sought his bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, until his slot was awarded instead to Andrés José González, who posted an entry time of 2:00.82.[7]
Rodriguez reached the pinnacle of his international career in 2009, when he finished fifth in the 200 m butterfly (2:00.01) at the Durban stop of the FINA World Cup series.[8] On May 12, 2012, he was ordered a 15-month suspension by the Argentina Aquatics Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos) and FINA for failing a doping test from the previous year's national championships.[2][9]
References
- ↑ "Gastón Rodríguez". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keith, Braden (15 May 2012). "Argentine national record holder hit with doping suspension". Swim Swam. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "La olímpica realidad de Gastón Rodríguez" [An Olympic reality for Gastón Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Rio Negro (newspaper). 4 July 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan’s Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Several Records Fall at Argentina Long Course Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 8 December 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "FINA World Cup, Durban: Three National Records Fall During Day One Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Una atleta argentino recibió una sanción por doping" [First Argentine athlete to be sanctioned for doping] (in Spanish). MDZ Online. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.