Andrés Bicocca Explained
| Andrés Bicocca |
| Fullname: | Andrés Bicocca |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Club: | Club Deportivo Hispano Americano |
| Coach: | Gustavo Roldan |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 1976 |
| Birth Place: | San Martín, Buenos Aires,
Argentina |
| Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
| Weight: | 750NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Andrés Bicocca (born January 14, 1976) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and coach of Club Deportivo Hispano Americano in Río Gallegos, along head coach Alejandro Amuchástegui.[2]
Bicocca competed only in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:22.06 from the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3] He posted a lifetime best of 2:20.98 to maintain a lead from start to finish in heat one, against two other swimmers Nguyen Ngoc Anh of Vietnam and Leonard Ngoma of Zambia. Bicocca failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-seventh overall in the prelims.[4] [5] [6]
Notes and References
- Andrés Bicocca. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025137/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/andres-bicocca-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 June 2013.
- News: Celeste olímpico. Olympian from Celeste. Spanish. Club Hispano Americano. 22 October 2011. 5 June 2013. https://archive.today/20131107010432/http://www.clubhispanoamericano.com/sitio/noticias/item/441-celeste-ol%C3%ADmpico. 7 November 2013. dead.
- Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1 . . . . 250 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
- News: Wide-open race in the men's 100 free. https://archive.today/20130615164701/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. 3 June 2013.
- News: Sydney 2000: Día por día . Sydney 2000: Day by day . Spanish . Argentine Swimming Federation . 16–22 September 2000 . 5 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527034923/http://www.fen.org.ar/natacion/notas/sydney_2000.htm . 27 May 2009 .
