José Mafio
Uruguayan swimmer
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José Nicolas Mafio Plada (born September 29, 1978) is a Uruguayan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Mafio qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.52 from the Argentina Long Course Nationals in Mar del Plata.[2] Mafio touched out Jamaica's Jevon Atkinson to hit the wall first in the fourth heat by three hundredths of a second (0.03) in 23.58.[3] Mafio failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth out of 86 swimmers in the prelims.[4][5]
Uruguay| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Nicolas Mafio Plada | |||||||||||
| National team | Uruguay | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1978 Maldonado, Uruguay | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||
| Coach | Daniel Garimaldi | |||||||||||
Medal record
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After his Olympic appearance, Mafio remained active in the swimming community, training Chilean Paralympian Vicente Almonacid.[6]
