Albert Sutanto

Albert Sutanto

Personal information
Full name	Albert Christiadi Sutanto
National team	Indonesia
Born	24 December 1975 Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, medley
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Indonesia Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi 200 m butterfly

Albert Christiadi Sutanto (born December 24, 1975) is an Indonesian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and medley events.^[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a bronze medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (2003).

Sutanto made his first Indonesian team, along with his twin brother Felix, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing fifty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly (56.50), and forty-second in the 200 m butterfly (2:05.13).^[2][3]

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sutanto won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:05.03.^[4] He also blasted an Indonesian record of 2:06.09 in the 200 m individual medley, but managed to pull off a fourth-place effort in the final.

Sutanto shortened his swimming program at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as his spots in both 100 and 200 m butterfly were respectively taken by Andy Wibowo and Donny Utomo. Instead, he qualified only for the 200 m individual medley. After breaking his own record from the SEA Games, his entry time of 2:06.09 was officially accredited under a FINA B-standard.^[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Denmark's Jacob Carstensen and South Korea's Kim Bang-Hyun, who both competed at their third Olympics. Sutanto upset SEA Games bronze medalist Gary Tan of Singapore to take a sixth seed by less than nearly a second in 2:07.55. Sutanto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the preliminaries.^[7][8]

References

1. "Albert Sutanto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
2. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 207. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 216. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. "Medals Shared on Final Day of Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
5. "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
6. Komandjaja, Eva (4 August 2004). "Archers aim for a rare Indonesian medal in Athens". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
7. "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
8. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Individual Medley, Day 5 Prelims: Laszlo Cseh Clocks Swift 1:59.50, Leads Michael Phelps into Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.