Personal information | |
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Full name | Cristian Mauro Soldano |
National team | Argentina |
Born | Salta, Argentina | 2 June 1976
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Cristian Mauro Soldano (born June 2, 1976) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] He is a two-time semifinalist in the 100 m breaststroke at the Pan American Games (2003 and 2007). [2]
Soldano qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke, as Argentina's oldest swimmer (aged 28), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:03.63 from the Brazilian Championships in Rio de Janeiro. [3] [4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including four-time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont (Thailand), who was later disqualified for a false start. With only seven left in the pool, Soldano rounded out the field to last place in 1:05.05, more than one second off his entry time. Soldano failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-third overall on the first day of preliminaries. [5] [6]
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