Benjamin Lo-Pinto

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Benjamin Lo-Pinto
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Lo-Pinto
National teamFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Born (1976-03-11) 11 March 1976 (age 47)
Victoria, Seychelles
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the Seychelles
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Johannesburg 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Johannesburg 200 m backstroke

Benjamin Lo-Pinto (born March 11, 1976) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. [1] Lo-Pinto has collected two medals from the All-Africa Games, and later represented Seychelles at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Lo-Pinto established his swimming history for Seychelles at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he earned a silver medal in the 100 m backstroke (59.64), and bronze in the 200 m backstroke (2:11.21). [2] [3] Because of his stellar performance during the Games, he was named the Sportsman of the Year by the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. [4]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lo-Pinto competed only in the men's 100 m backstroke. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 58.66 from the All-Africa Games. [5] Swimming from start to finish in heat one, he raced to the second seed in 58.66, nearly a full second behind leader Alexandru Ivlev of Moldova. Lo-Pinto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims. [6] [7]

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References

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