Mateo de Angulo
Personal information | |
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Full name | Mateo De Angulo Velasco |
Nickname | TEO |
Nationality | Colombia |
Born | Cali, Colombia | 18 June 1990
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
College team | Florida State Seminoles (USA)[1] |
Coach | Frank Bradley |
Medal record |
Mateo De Angulo Velasco (born June 18, 1990, in Cali) is a Colombian swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1][2] He is a 2010 NJCAA Men's Swimmer of the Year, and nine-time NJCAA champion. He also holds Colombian records in all three long-distance freestyle events (400, 800, and 1500 m). De Angulo helped his Colombian team to take the trophy in the 800 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[3]
De Angulo qualified for the
Allan Gutierrez Castro of Honduras, and Palestine's Ahmed Gebrel on the first heat. De Angulo cruised to second place by four seconds behind Sawrymowicz in 3:57.76. De Angulo failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-sixth overall on the first day of preliminaries.[6]
De Angulo is a varsity swimmer for the Florida State Seminoles, and a graduate of social sciences at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
References
- ^ LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mateo de Angulo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Venezuela es el campeón de la natación" [Venezuela is a swimming champion] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- FINA. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "London Called". Florida State Seminoles. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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