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| Full name | Benjamin Lo-Pinto | |||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Seychelles | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1976 Victoria, Seychelles | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Lo-Pinto (born 11 March 1976) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialised 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 semi-finals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims. [6] [7]
