Rodrigo Díaz (swimmer)

Rodrigo Díaz
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Eduardo Díaz Alarcón
Nationality  Guatemala
Born (1984-03-12) 12 March 1984
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Rodrigo Eduardo Díaz Alarcón (born March 12, 1984) is a retired Guatemalan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Diaz qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a FINA B-standard of 23.60 from the Central American and Mexican Championships in Panama City, Panama.[2][3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympian Gregory Arkhurst of Côte d'Ivoire. He raced to third place by 0.11 of a second behind winner José Mafio of Uruguay, outside his entry time of 23.69. Diaz failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-third out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rodrigo Díaz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Díaz para Atenas 2004" [Díaz for Athens 2004] (in Spanish). Panama America. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 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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