Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou
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| Nationality |
 Cyprus | ||||||||||||
| Born |
7 February 1979 Nicosia, Cyprus | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| College team | Southern Illinois Salukis (USA) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Rick Walker (USA) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou (Greek: Χρύσανθος Παπαχρυσάνθου; born February 7, 1979 in Nicosia) is a retired Cypriot swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a four-time All-Academic honoree (1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002), and an eight-time All-Conference champion in freestyle swimming (50 and 100 m). In 2002, Papachrysanthou was named Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient for his full commitment and dedication towards academic and athletic excellence, service, and leadership.[2]
As a member of the Cyprus team, Papachrysanthou made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 100 m freestyle. He rounded out the fifth heat to last place and fifty-seventh overall by 0.04 of a second behind Ecuador's Felipe Delgado in 52.82.[3] By the following year, Papachrysanthou shared silver medals with France's Julien Sicot in the 50 m freestyle at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia in 23.06 seconds.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Papachrysanthou qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.04.[4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including three-time Olympian Julio Santos of Ecuador. He edged out Thailand's Arwut Chinnapasaen to take a fifth spot by a hundredth of a second (0.01), outside his entry time of 23.51. Papachrysanthou failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[5][6]
Papachrysanthou is a member of the swimming team for Southern Illinois Salukis, and a graduate of physical education at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
References
- ↑ "Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou Named Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient". Southern Illinois Salukis. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 114. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.