Ilidio Matusse

Ilidio Matusse

Personal information
Full name	Ilidio Salvador Matusse
National team	Mozambique
Born	(1975-08-12) 12 August 1975 (age 49) Maputo, Mozambique
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Ilidio Salvador Matusse (born August 12, 1975) is a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. ^[1] Matusse competed for Mozambique in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.51. ^{[2] [3]} He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Khalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) and Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). He faded down the stretch of the race to take a fourth spot in 26.28, 77-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Matusse failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilidio Matusse". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
2. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. "After deluge Moz wants success". News24. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
5. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
6. "Atletas de Natação fora da Competição Sidney 2000" [Swimmers are out of the competition in Sydney 2000] (in Portuguese). Mozambique Online. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

• Ilidio Matusse at World Aquatics
• Ilidio Matusse at Olympedia