Nguyen Ngoc Anh

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Nguyen Ngoc Anh
Personal information
Nationality  Vietnam
Born (1981-10-26) 26 October 1981
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Breaststroke

Nguyễn Ngọc Anh (October 26, 1981) is a retired Vietnamese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Nguyen qualified only for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:23.75.[2] He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Andrés Bicocca of Argentina and Leonard Ngoma of Zambia. He raced to a second seed by more than a full body length behind winner Bicocca in 2:29.54. Nguyen failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[3][4]

References

  1. "Nguyen Ngoc Anh". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 June 2013. 
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 250. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  4. "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
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