Estebán Blanco
Costa Rican swimmer (born 1981)
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Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Blanco represented Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He currently holds a national record in the 50 m freestyle that stood for more than a decade.
Costa Rica| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut |
| National team | Costa Rica |
| Born | 16 December 1981 San José, Costa Rica |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Blanco competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.87 from the Central American and Mexican Championships in his hometown San José.[2][3] Swimming in heat three, Blanco powered past the entire field to a top seed in a new Costa Rican record of 23.72. However, Blanco's blistering triumph was not enough to put him through to the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.[4][5][6]
