Eduardo Germán Otero

Eduardo Germán Otero

Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Germán Otero
National team	Argentina
Born	4 February 1980 Necochea, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, butterfly
Club	CN Rio Plata[1]
Coach	Marcelo Quaglia[1]
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Argentina South American Games 2002 Rio de Janeiro 50 m backstroke 2006 Buenos Aires 50 m backstroke 2006 Buenos Aires 4×100 m freestyle

Eduardo Germán Otero (born February 4, 1980) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and butterfly events.^[2] He is a three-time Olympian, a multiple-time national record holder, and a two-time champion for the 50 m backstroke at the South American Games.^[3][4] He is also a member of Club Nadadores del Rio Plata, and is coached and trained by Marcelo "Yuri" Quaglia.^[1][5]

Otero's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, he failed to reach the top 16 in any of his individual events, finishing fortieth in the 100 m backstroke (58.09), and thirty-fourth in the 200 m backstroke (2:05.51).^[6][7] He also placed eighteenth as a member of the Argentine team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:43.61). Teaming with Sergio Ferreyra, Pablo Martín Abal, and José Meolans, Otero swam a backstroke leg with a split of 58.00 seconds.^[8]

On his second Olympic appearance in Athens 2004, Otero decided to drop his specialty event, the 200 m backstroke, and experiment with the 100 m butterfly. He also qualified for the 100 m backstroke by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 56.36 from the South American Championships in Maldonado, Uruguay.^[9][10] Otero repeated his luck from Sydney, as he rounded out to last place in heat three and thirty-third overall with a time of 57.28.^[11][12] In the 100 m butterfly, Otero placed forty-fourth on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the same heat, he posted a lifetime best of 55.24 to earn a fourth spot by nearly half a second (0.50) behind winner Jeong Doo-Hee of South Korea.^[13][14]

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Otero qualified for his third Argentine team as a 28-year-old at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He achieved an Olympic B-cut of 56.38 seconds from the national trials in Buenos Aires.^[5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including fellow three-time Olympian and former finalist Örn Arnarson of Iceland. Otero raced to seventh place by 0.19 of a second behind Ukraine's Oleksandr Isakov in 56.74. Otero failed to advance into the semifinals, as he matched his position from Sydney in the preliminaries.^[15]

References

1. "Excelencia y Vigencia de Eduardo Otero" [Excellence and Effectiveness of Eduardo Otero] (in Spanish). Natacion Argentina. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
2. "Eduardo Germán Otero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
3. "En el cierre, dos medallas doradas" [In closing, two gold medals] (in Spanish). La Nacion Argentina. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
4. "Los nadadores sanluiseños deslumbrados con Meolans en la clínica de natación" [Swimmer Meolans dazzled San Luis inhabitants with swimming clinic] (in Spanish). La Nacion Argentina. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. Aguado, Jorge (2 June 2008). "Argentina Nationals: Sergio Andres Ferreyra Lowers Own National Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 275. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 283. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 348. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
9. "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
10. Aguado, Jorge (6 April 2004). "Four Records Set at South American Champs; Thiago Pereira and Kristel Kobrich Schimpl Shine". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
11. "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
12. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Backstroke Prelims: Japan’s Morita Surprises with Fastest Time; Americans Cruise Through". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
13. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
14. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
15. "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile