Cristian Mauro Soldano

Cristian Mauro Soldano
Personal information
Full name Cristian Mauro Soldano
Nationality  Argentina
Born 2 June 1976
Salta, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Cristian Mauro Soldano (born June 2, 1976 in Salta) is a retired Argentine swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a two-time semifinalist in the 100 m breaststroke at the Pan American Games (2003 and 2007).[2]

Soldano qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke, as Argentina's oldest swimmer (aged 28), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:03.63 from the Brazilian Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[3][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including four-time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont (Thailand), who was later disqualified for a false start. With only seven left in the pool, Soldano rounded out the field to last place in 1:05.05, more than one second off his entry time. Soldano failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-third overall on the first day of preliminaries.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Cristian Mauro Soldano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Octavio Alesi Lights Up First Night of Evening Prelims at Pan American Games With Games Record". Swimming World Magazine. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Menezes, Marcio (9 May 2004). "Three South American Records Fall on Final Day of Brazilian Champs". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.