Bertrand Bristol
Personal information
Full nameBertrand Bristol
National team Seychelles
Born (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly

Bertrand Bristol (born February 5, 1982) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Bristol 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 2:09.68.[2][3] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Sergey Pankov of Uzbekistan. He set a Seychellois record of 2:09.07 to edge out Pankov for a sixth spot by nearly four seconds.[4] Bristol failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bertrand Bristol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ^ Govinden, Gerard (12 August 2004). "Austin and Bristol aim to improve Seychelles' times". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Bristol shatters Seychelles 200m butterfly record". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. ^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "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. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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