Bertrand Bristol

Bertrand Bristol
Personal information
Full name Bertrand Bristol
National team  Seychelles
Born (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Bertrand Bristol (born February 5, 1982) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Bristol qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:09.68.[2][3] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Sergey Pankov of Uzbekistan. He set a Seychellois record of 2:09.07 to edge out Pankov for a sixth spot by nearly four seconds.[4] Bristol failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

  1. "Bertrand Bristol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. Govinden, Gerard (12 August 2004). "Austin and Bristol aim to improve Seychelles' times". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. "Bristol shatters Seychelles 200m butterfly record". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan’s Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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