 Eric Moussambani swimming Eric Moussambani (born 1978) is a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea. Image File history File links Erictheeel. ...
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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...
Moussambani, nicknamed "Eric The Eel" by the media, won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics when he swam the 100 m freestyle in 1.52.72 seconds - more than twice the time of his faster competitors, and outside of even the 200 m world record. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ...
Moussambani gained entry to the Olympics without meeting the minimum qualification requirements via a wildcard draw designed to encourage developing countries without expensive training facilities to participate. In the heats he squared off against two other swimmers (also wildcard holders), but both were disqualified for false starts and Moussambani won his one-man heat by default. This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ...
In the final, while the eventual winner Pieter van den Hoogenband managed a world-record-breaking 47.84 seconds, Moussambani splashed his way to the finish to the cheers of the crowd in slightly more than twice that (slower than the 200m world record of 1m 44.06s held by Ian Thorpe). "The last 15 meters were very difficult.", Moussambani said. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Ian Thorpe Displaying the 6 gold medals he won at the Manchester Commonwealth Games. ...
Before coming to the Olympics, Moussambani had never seen a 50 m pool. He took up swimming only 8 months before the Olympics and had practised in a 20 m pool. An Olympic size swimming pool is the type of pool used in the Olympic Games. ...
Moussambani was denied entry into the 2004 Olympic Games despite the vast improvement in his swimming over the previous four years (his personal best had dropped below 60s), due to a visa bungle[1]. (Redirected from 2004 Olympic Games) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ...
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