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.