Ríkarður Ríkarðsson

Ríkarður Ríkarðsson
Personal information
Full name Ríkarður Ríkarðsson
National team  Iceland
Born (1977-11-02) 2 November 1977
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly

Ríkarður Ríkarðsson (born November 2, 1977) is an Icelandic former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1] Rikardsson competed only in two individual events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved FINA B-standards of 56.22 (100 m butterfly) from the U.S. National Championships in Federal Way, Washington, and 52.42 (100 m freestyle) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[2][3][4] In the 100 m freestyle, Rikardsson placed fifty-eighth on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three, he picked up a fourth seed by 0.63 of a second behind winner Paul Kutscher of Uruguay in 52.85.[5][6][7] Two days later, in the 100 m butterfly, Rikardsson challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Guam's 28-year-old Daniel O'Keeffe and Bosnia's three-time Olympian Janko Gojković. He blasted a new Icelandic record of 56.11 to take a sixth spot and forty-eighth overall, finishing behind winner Gojkovic by almost two-thirds of a second (0.66).[8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ríkarður Ríkarðsson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ríkarður Ríkarðsson setti á föstudagskvöldið Íslandsmetļūst" [Ríkarður Ríkarðsson set Icelandic record on a Friday night] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Ríkarður Ríkarðsson, sundmaður" [Sydney 2000: Ríkarður Ríkarðsson, swimmer] (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 206. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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