Leonel Matonse

Leonel Matonse

Personal information
Full name	Leonel dos Santos Matonse
National team	Mozambique
Born	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) Maputo, Mozambique
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Tuks Aquatics Club (RSA)

Leonel dos Santos Matonse (born October 14, 1988) is a Mozambican swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. ^[1] Matonse qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 15-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 59.87. ^{[2] [3]} He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 34-year-old Mumtaz Ahmed of Pakistan. He set a Mozambican record of 57.79 to earn a third spot by nearly a second behind winner Mohammed Abbas of Iraq. Matonse failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fifth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonel Matonse". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
2. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. "Delegação moçambicana parte domingo para Atenas" [The Mozambican delegation departs to Athens on Sunday] (in Portuguese). PanaPress. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
4. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

External links

• Leonel Matonse at World Aquatics
• Leonel Matonse at Olympedia
• Leonel Matonse at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Leonel Matonse at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)