Babak Farhoudi

Babak Farhoudi (Persian: بابک فرهودی; born September 9, 1985) is an Iranian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Farhoudi qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 53.76.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including three-time Olympian Aleksandr Agafonov of Uzbekistan. He edged out Monaco's Jean Laurent Ravera to save a seventh spot by five hundredths of a second (0.05) in 56.42. Farhoudi failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed sixty-first overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3][4][5]

Babak Farhoudi
Personal information
Full nameBabak Farhoudi
National team Iran
Born (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Babak Farhoudi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. "Iranian swimmer Farhoudi wraps up Olympic tour". Payvand. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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