Iván Rodríguez Mesa

Iván Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Iván Rodríguez Mesa
National team  Panama
Born (1977-01-22) 22 January 1977
Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team Arizona State University (U.S.)
Coach Mike Chasson (U.S.)

Iván Rodríguez Mesa (born January 22, 1977) is a Panamanian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils swimming and diving team under head coach Mike Chasson.[2][3]

Rodriguez competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.52 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[5] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including Israel's top favorite Tal Stricker and Chinese Taipei's 16-year-old Yang Shang-hsuan. He raced to sixth place in a time of 1:04.68, trailing Mexico's Alfredo Jacobo by a hundredth of a second (0.01). Rodriguez failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fourth overall on the first day of prelims.[6][7][8]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Iván Rodríguez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. "ASU Olympians List". Arizona State Sun Devils. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. "Arizona State Olympians" (PDF). Arizona State Sun Devils. p. 41. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. Martinez, Carlos Alberto (3 April 1999). "En natación y en tiro, Panamá iniciará la aventura de Sydney" [In swimming and shooting, Panama's adventure starts in Sydney] (in Spanish). Critica. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 241. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "Czene Misses Medal At Olympics". Arizona State Sun Devils. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 9 June 2013.


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