Gastón Rodríguez (swimmer)

Gastón Rodríguez
Personal information
Full nameGastón Rodríguez
National team Argentina
Born (1984-03-10) 10 March 1984 (age 40)
Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubCAUC

Gastón Rodríguez (born March 10, 1984) is an Argentine swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He currently holds short-course Argentine records in the 200 m butterfly (1:57.34) and 200 m individual medley (2:01.03), both from the national championships in Rosario.[2]

Rodriguez qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.77 from the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3][4] He topped the first heat by a 1.60-second margin over Indonesia's Donny Utomo, outside his entry time of 2:04.01. Rodriguez failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

In 2005, Rodriguez lowered his national record to 2:02.26 at the Argentina Long Course Championships in Buenos Aires. He also sought his bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, until his slot was awarded instead to Andrés José González, who posted an entry time of 2:00.82.[7] Gaston Rodriguez won 48 National Titles in his entire career. and Break 5 National Records.

Rodriguez reached the pinnacle of his international career in 2009, when he finished fourth in the 200 m butterfly (1.57.45) at the Durban stop of the FINA World Cup series.[8] On May 12, 2012, he was ordered a 15-month suspension by the Argentina Aquatics Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos) for failing a rare doping test from the previous year's national championships.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ "Gastón Rodríguez". 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ^ a b Keith, Braden (15 May 2012). "Argentine national record holder hit with doping suspension". Swim Swam. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ^ "La olímpica realidad de Gastón Rodríguez" [An Olympic reality for Gastón Rodríguez] (in Spanish). Rio Negro. 4 July 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.
  7. ^ "Several Records Fall at Argentina Long Course Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  8. ^ "FINA World Cup, Durban: Three National Records Fall During Day One Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Una atleta argentino recibió una sanción por doping" [First Argentine athlete to be sanctioned for doping] (in Spanish). MDZ Online. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2013.


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