Santiago Deu | |
Fullname: | Santiago Deu |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1980 |
Birth Place: | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
Weight: | 800NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Santiago Deu Sandoval (born March 21, 1980) is an Andorran former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] Deu competed only in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:59.39.[2] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Uzbekistan's two-time Olympian Oleg Tsvetkovskiy. Deu rounded out the field to last place in a personal best of 1:59.31, finishing behind the leader Tsvetskovskiy by 4.38 seconds. Deu failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.[3] [4]