Bertrand Bristol

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Bertrand Bristol
Personal information
Full nameBertrand Bristol
National teamFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Born (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Bertrand Bristol (born February 5, 1982) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. [1] Bristol qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:09.68. [2] [3] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Sergey Pankov of Uzbekistan. He set a Seychellois record of 2:09.07 to edge out Pankov for a sixth spot by nearly four seconds. [4] Bristol failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall in the preliminaries. [5] [6]

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References

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