Nguyễn Hữu Việt
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 Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 October 1988 Thuy Nguyen, Haiphong, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nguyễn Hữu Việt (October 1, 1988 in Thuy Nguyen, Haiphong) is a Vietnamese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He had won a total of five medals (three golds, one silver, and one bronze), and set numerous records for both the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the Southeast Asian Games (2003–2009).[2][3]
Nguyen made his official debut, as a 15-year-old, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place and fifty-second overall by two thirds of a second (0.66) behind Estonia's Aleksander Baldin, with a time of 1:06.70.[4][5]
Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Nguyen qualified for his second Vietnamese team, as a 19-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He received a FINA wild card entry, by achieving his personal best of 1:03.73 from his gold medal triumph at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[6][7] In the 100 m breaststroke, Nguyen challenged five other swimmers on the second heat, including fellow two-time Olympian Sergiu Postica of Moldova. He raced to fourth place by 0.14 of a second behind Lebanon's Wael Koubrousli in 1:06.36. Nguyen failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall on the first night of the preliminaries.[8]
References
- ↑ "Nguyen Huu Viet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Three Vietnamese National Records Fall". Swimming World Magazine. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Vietnam sets new games record in swimming at 25th SEA Games". Xinhua News Agency (People's Daily). 12 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Weightlifter Tuan brings home silver". Việt Nam News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Beijing 2008: Swimming Day 1 – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Best Swimming. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 January 2013.