José Mafio

José Mafio
Personal information
Full name José Nicolas Mafio Plada
National team  Uruguay
Born (1978-09-29) 29 September 1978
Maldonado, Uruguay
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Coach Daniel Garimaldi

José Nicolas Mafio Plada (born September 29, 1978) is a Uruguayan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Mafio qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.52 from the Argentina Long Course Nationals in Mar del Plata.[2] Mafio touched out Jamaica's Jevon Atkinson to hit the wall first in the fourth heat by three hundredths of a second (0.03) in 23.58.[3] Mafio failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth out of 86 swimmers in the prelims.[4][5]

References

  1. "José Mafio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. "Walter Arcipetre Sets National Mark on Day 3 of Argentina Long Course Nats". Swimming World Magazine. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. Tucker, Elton (20 August 2004). "Brave Jevon bows out". The Jamaica Star. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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