Howard Hinds Explained

Howard Hinds
Fullname:Howard Xavier Hinds
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Fort Lauderdale Swim Team (USA)
Coach:Jack Nelson (USA)
Birth Date:29 October 1977
Birth Place:Willemstad, Curaçao
Height:1.840NaN0
Weight:870NaN0
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Howard Xavier Hinds (born October 29, 1977) is a Curaçao former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a member of the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team, under head coach Jack Nelson.[2]

Hinds made his official debut for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in the 50 m freestyle, finishing only in fifty-fourth place at 24.63.[3]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Hinds competed only in a sprint freestyle double. He achieved FINA B-standards of 23.88 (50 m freestyle) and 52.58 (100 m freestyle) from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[2] [4] [5] In the 100 m freestyle, Hinds placed fifty-first on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three, he fell short to a second seed, from start to finish, in a lifetime best of 52.52, clipping 0.06 seconds off his entry time, but finishing just behind Uzbekistan's Ravil Nachaev, the winner of his heat, by three-tenths of a second (0.30).[6] [7] Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Hinds pulled off again a second seed and fifty-second overall in the same heat at 24.07, nearly half a second (0.50) behind Costa Rica's Estebán Blanco.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Howard Hinds. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114938/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/howard-hinds-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 June 2013.
  2. News: Robb. Sharon. Hinds Is Island's One-man Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222033505/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-07-16/sports/0007160230_1_freestyle-aquatics-meter. dead. February 22, 2014. Sun-Sentinel. 16 July 2000. 10 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . dead . 23 May 2011 . . . 35 . 28 April 2013 .
  4. Web site: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 114 . 19 April 2013 .
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 103 . 28 April 2013 .

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