Roy Barahona Explained

Roy Barahona
Fullname:Roy Felipe Barahona Fuentes
Strokes:Butterfly
Birth Date:20 March 1986
Height:1.730NaN0
Weight:650NaN0
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Roy Felipe Barahona Fuentes (born March 20, 1986) is a Honduran swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Barahona qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:06.14.[2] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Sergey Pankov of Uzbekistan. He set a lifetime best of 2:05.99 to pull off a third-place finish by 0.28 of a second behind Indonesia's Donny Utomo. Barahona failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Roy Barahona. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/roy-barahona-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 27 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  4. News: Thomas. Stephen. Men’s 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan’s Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too. Swimming World Magazine. 16 August 2004. 19 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051203024916/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7834.asp. 3 December 2005.
  5. News: Latinoamericanos nadan con éxito esta jornada en Atenas. A successful swim day for Latin America in Athens. Spanish. El Mercurio. 16 August 2004. 4 May 2013.

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