Anouar Ben Naceur
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| Full name | Anouar Ben Naceur | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Tunisia | ||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
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Anouar Ben Naceur (Arabic: انور بن ناصر; born August 22, 1983) is a Tunisian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] He won a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, placing second behind fellow Tunisian Oussama Mellouli with a time of 4:06.51.[2]
Ben Naceur qualified for the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:54.93 from the All-Africa Games in Abuja one year earlier.[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria. He edged out Singapore's Mark Chay in a close race for fourth seed by a hundredth of a second (0.01), posting his lifetime best of 1:54.69. Ben Naceur failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall in the preliminaries.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Anouar Ben Naceur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ Belhadj, Chaker (18 October 2003). "South Africa Dominates the African Games, Egypt a Strong Second". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 200 Freestyle Prelims: Thorpe Fastest in 1:47.22; Hoogie, Keller, Phelps and Hackett All in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2013.