Neisser Bent

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bent and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.
Neisser Bent
Personal information
Full name Neisser S. Bent Vázquez
Nationality  Cuba
Born (1976-08-07) August 7, 1976
Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke

Neisser S. Bent Vázquez (born August 7, 1976 in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. At the '96 Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke, just behind fellow countryman Rodolfo Falcón.

At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he broke the Championship Record in the 200 backstroke (2:01.53). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by Barbados' Nick Neckles.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Men's 200 back results from the 2006 CACs.


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