Bertrand Bristol

Bertrand Bristol
Personal information
Full name	Bertrand Bristol
National team	Seychelles
Born	5 February 1982 (age 42)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly

Bertrand Bristol (born February 5, 1982) is a Seychellois former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.^[1] Bristol qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:09.68.^[2]^[3] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Sergey Pankov of Uzbekistan. He set a Seychellois record of 2:09.07 to edge out Pankov for a sixth spot by nearly four seconds.^[4] Bristol failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bertrand Bristol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ Govinden, Gerard (12 August 2004). "Austin and Bristol aim to improve Seychelles' times". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Bristol shatters Seychelles 200m butterfly record". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men's 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan's Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bertrand Bristol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[2] "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[3] Govinden, Gerard (12 August 2004). "Austin and Bristol aim to improve Seychelles' times". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[4] "Bristol shatters Seychelles 200m butterfly record". Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[5] "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[6] Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men's 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan's Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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