Sebastien Paddington

Sebastien Paddington
Personal information
Full name Sebastien Paddington
National team  Trinidad and Tobago
Born (1977-06-23) 23 June 1977
Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
College team McGill University (CAN)

Sebastien Paddington (born June 23, 1977) is a Trinidad and Tobago former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT).[2][3] Paddington is also a graduate with a bachelor's degree in geography at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.[4]

Paddington competed only in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[5] He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 1:55.05 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[6] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Uzbekistan's two-time Olympian Oleg Tsvetkovskiy. Entering the race with a fastest-seeded time, he faded shortly to third place by 0.47 seconds behind Tsvetkovskiy in 1:55.40. Paddington failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sebastien Paddington". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Gumbs-Sandiford, Anika (2 October 2011). "Sportt corporate secretary quits". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ↑ De Freitas, Kern (15 May 2011). "Creed: SporTT not properly set up". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. ↑ McCabe, Daniel (18 February 1996). "Cheering for the home team: McGill athletes head for Atlanta". The McGill Daily. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Paddington looks for first title". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 124. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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