Carlos Santander
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Santander |
| National team |  Venezuela |
| Born | 25 May 1975 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Fort Lauderdale Swim Team (U.S.) |
| College team | North Carolina State University (U.S.) |
| Coach | Beth Harrell (U.S.) |
Carlos Santander (born May 25, 1975) is a Venezuelan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He represented Venezuela in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also swam for the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team in Florida, while residing in the United States.[2] During his college career, Santander trained for the NC State Wolfpack swimming and diving team, under head coach Beth Harrell, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.[3][4]
Santander made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m freestyle, finishing in twenty-seventh place at 1:53.13.[5] A member of the Venezuelan team, he also placed thirteenth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (3:23.04), and eleventh in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:32.63).[6][7]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Santander competed for the Venezuelan squad in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[8] Teaming with Oswaldo Quevedo, Francisco Páez, and Francisco Sánchez in heat two, Santander swam the lead-off leg and recorded a split of 51.28, but the Venezuelans finished the race in seventh place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 3:24.64.[9][10]