Santiago Grassi

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Santiago Grassi
Personal information
Born (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 27)
Santa Fe, Argentina
Sport
Sport Swimming
College team Auburn Tigers
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima 4×100 m mixed medley

Santiago Grassi (born 25 September 1996) is an Argentine swimmer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre butterfly; his time of 52.56 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals. [1] [2] He represented Argentina again at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre butterfly event. [3] [4]

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Career

He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2015 Pan American Games. [5]

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References

  1. "Santiago Grassi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. "Men's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  3. "Tokyo bound: Grassi, Martinez qualify for 2020 Olympics". Auburn University Athletics. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  4. "Swimming GRASSI Santiago". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  5. "Santiago Grassi". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.