Ilidio Matusse Explained

Ilidio Matusse
Fullname:	Ilidio Salvador Matusse
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Date:	12 August 1975
Birth Place:	Maputo, Mozambique
Height:	1.750NaN0
Weight:	680NaN0
Show-Medals:	yes

Ilidio Salvador Matusse (born August 12, 1975) is a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Matusse competed for Mozambique in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.51.^[2] ^[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Khalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) and Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). He faded down the stretch of the race to take a fourth spot in 26.28, 77-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Matusse failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Notes and References

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Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 103 . 28 April 2013 .
Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 July 2013.
News: Atletas de Natação fora da Competição Sidney 2000. Swimmers are out of the competition in Sydney 2000. Portuguese. Mozambique Online. 25 September 2000. 13 June 2013.