Luc Decker

Luc Decker
Personal information
Full name Luc René Decker
National team  Luxembourg
Born (1977-03-03) 3 March 1977
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Luc René Decker (born 3 March 1977 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He represented his nation Luxembourg at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and held three Luxembourgian records in all butterfly distances (50, 100, and 200 m).[2]

Decker competed only in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 55.93 from the European Long Course Meet in Luxembourg City.[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Kyrgyzstan's Konstantin Ushkov, silver medalist for Russia in Atlanta four years earlier, and Uzbekistan's top favorite Ravil Nachaev. He raced to a fourth seed by almost a full second behind winner Nachaev in 56.10. Decker failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims.[4]

Since his retirement came after the Olympics, Decker completed his master of science degree in political economy at Paris-Sorbonne University, and later worked for investment promotion at the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade in Luxembourg.[5] On July 1, 2013, Decker has been appointed as the consul general for Luxembourg and an executive director of the Luxembourg Trade and Investment in Shanghai, China.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Luc Decker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Raphaël Stacchiotti (21 ans): "Tout le temps de battre le record de Decker"" [Raphael Stacchiotti (21): "All the time to beat Decker's record"] (in French). Luxemburger Wort. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Direction Shanghai pour Luc Decker" [Shanghai branch for Luc Decker] (in French). paperJam.lu. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "New Consul General in Shanghai". Benelux Chamber of Commerce. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.


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