Hjalti Guðmundsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Hjalti.
Hjalti Guðmundsson
Personal information
Full name Hjalti Guðmundsson
National team  Iceland
Born (1978-03-20) 20 March 1978
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Sundfélag Hafnarfjarðar

Hjalti Guðmundsson (born March 20, 1978) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] During his sporting career, Gudmundsson swam for the club Sundfélag Hafnarfjarðar, and later represented Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Gudmunsson competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] He achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:04.57 from the Mare Nostrum meet in Barcelona, Spain.[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympians Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia and Arsenio López of Puerto Rico. Entering the race with a fastest-seeded time, he faded down the stretch to touch the wall for a sixth spot in 1:05.55, a 1.5-second deficit from joint leaders Kalmikovs and Lopez (a matching time of 1:04.02). Gudmundsson placed fifty-second overall on the first day of prelims.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Hjalti Guðmundsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Íslendingar senda 11 keppendur til Sydneyļūst" [Icelanders send 11 competitors to Sydney] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 241. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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