Estebán Blanco

Estebán Blanco
Personal information
Full name	Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut
National team	Costa Rica
Born	16 December 1981 (age 40); San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Representing Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics, he currently holds a national record in the 50 m freestyle that stood for more than a decade.

Blanco competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.87 from the Central American and Mexican Championships in his hometown San José.^[2]^[3] Swimming in heat three, Blanco powered past the entire field to a top seed in a new Costa Rican record of 23.72. Blanco's blistering triumph was not enough to put him through to the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Estebán Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ Calvo, Rodrigo (1 April 2001). "Nadador accidentado" [Swimmer injured] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
^ "Blanco eliminado" [Blanco eliminated] (in Spanish). La Nación. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Estebán Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[2] Calvo, Rodrigo (1 April 2001). "Nadador accidentado" [Swimmer injured] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[3] "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[4] "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[5] "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

[6] "Blanco eliminado" [Blanco eliminated] (in Spanish). La Nación. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

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