Shawn Dingilius-Wallace Explained

Shawn DINGALINGUS-Wallace
Birth Date:	26 July 1994
Birth Place:	Koror, Palau
Height:	1.84 m
Weight:	93 kg

Shawn Erbelau Dingilius-Wallace (born 26 July 1994)^[1] is a Palauan Olympic swimmer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre freestyle event where he ranked at #72 with a time of 26.78 seconds, a national record at the time. He did not advance to the semifinals. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 50 m freestyle.^[2]

Early years

Born in Palau, Dingilius-Wallace grew up in Houston from the age of six and graduated from Alief Hastings High School before studying civil engineering at Missouri S&T.^[3] ^[4]

Career

Dingilius-Wallace previously held the Palauan national records in the men's 100 metre freestyle, 100 metre backstroke and both the 50 and 100 metre butterfly.

In 2019, he competed in two events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Shawn Dingilius-Wallace . Rio 2016 . 8 August 2016 . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806084550/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/shawn-wallace . dead .
Web site: Swimming - DINGILIUS WALLACE Shawn. dead. 2021-09-04. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 22 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722183420/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1742783-dingilius-wallace-shawn.htm.
Web site: In the swim of things: Engineering student competes in Olympics. Missouri University of Science and Technology. Mary Helen. Stoltz. 7 September 2016. 13 December 2022.
News: Olympic swimmer unveils Alief T-shirt at opening ceremony. Houston Chronicle. Matt. Young. 23 July 2021. 13 December 2022.
Web site: Swimming Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190925092754/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf. 25 September 2019. 6 August 2020. 2019 World Aquatics Championships.