Carlos Santander

Carlos Santander
Personal information
Nationality  Venezuela
Born 25 May 1975
Caracas, Distrito Federal,
Venezuela
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Fort Lauderdale Swim Team
College team NC State Wolfpack (USA)
Coach Beth Harrell (USA)

Carlos Santander (born May 25, 1975 in Caracas, Distrito Federal) is a retired Venezuelan swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He represented Venezuela in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also swam for the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team in Florida, while residing in the United States.[2] During his college career, Santander trained for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team, under head coach Beth Harrell, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.[3][4]

Santander made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m freestyle, finishing in twenty-seventh place at 1:53.13.[5] A member of the Venezuelan team, he also placed thirteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:23.04), and eleventh in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:32.63).[6][7]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Santander competed for the Venezuelan squad in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay.[8] Teaming with Oswaldo Quevedo, Francisco Páez, and Francisco Sánchez in heat two, Santander swam the lead-off leg and recorded a split of 51.28, but the Venezuelans finished the race in seventh place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 3:24.64.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Carlos Santander". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Robb, Sharon (12 March 1994). "Santander, Hayes 1-2, But Far Apart". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "2011–2012 NC State Wolfpack Swimming & Diving: Atlantic Coast Conference Individual Championships" (PDF). NC State Wolfpack. North Carolina State University. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "University of North Carolina Official Athletics' Site: Staff Directory (Beth Harrell)". North Florida Ospreys. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 38. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 335. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.