Patrick Dideum

Patrick Dideum
Personal information
Full name Patrick James Dideum
Nickname(s) Diddy
Nationality  United States
Born September 16, 1981
Albuquerque
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Aggie Athletics (Retired)
College team Texas A&M University

Patrick Dideum (born September 16, 1981 in Albuquerque) is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, competing in one individual event (10 km) placing 13th.[1] In 2003, he represented the US again in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain this time competing in two individual events, 5 km and 10 km finishing 19th and 16th respectively and was the top American finisher in the 10 km.[2][3][4] He retired from swimming in 2005 after competing in the USA Open Water National Championships in Ft Myers, FL where he finished 12th in the 10 km.

Patrick held the World Record for the 2.4 mile swim at Horsetooth Reservoir just west of Fort Collins, CO from 2004 to 2011.[5][6]

In 2006, Patrick competed in the 2006 Lausanne ITU Aquathlon World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland placing 12th.[7]

In September 2010, Patrick was elected to the Board of Directors for USA Swimming where he served a two year term.[8]

Currently, Patrick is attending medical school in San Antonio, TX where he is the president of his medical school class.

References

  1. ↑ Open water swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 kilometres
  2. ↑ http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205223145
  3. ↑ http://www.les-sports.info/natation-dideum-patrick-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o15-w269591.html
  4. ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/2003-07-14-world-swimming_x.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/53629707/World-Records-in-Open-Water-Swimming-AMERICAS
  6. ↑ http://www.horsetoothswim.com/results-and-history/results/displayraceresults/?sortorder=finishtime&racename=2.4%20Mile%20Non-Wetsuit
  7. ↑ http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/patrick_dideum/8132
  8. ↑ http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/c7113f2f-cc63-4b4a-9a4b-3fc505a8509b/Board%20of%20Directors%20Meeting%20Minutes%202010-09-18.pdf