Donny Budiarto Utomo OLY (born March 13, 1979) is an Indonesian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He is a former multiple-time national record holder for the men's butterfly, and a six-time medalist at the Southeast Asian Games. He is also a two-time defending champion for the 200 m butterfly, before losing out to Malaysia's Daniel Bego at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Donny Budiarto Utomo |
| National team |  Indonesia |
| Born | 13 March 1979 |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
Medal record | |
Utomo made his first Indonesian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 200 m butterfly. Swimming in heat one, he edged out Honduras' Roy Barahona to take a second spot and thirty-third overall by 0.28 of a second in 2:05.71.[3][4]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Utomo qualified again for the 200 m butterfly. After winning a silver medal from SEA Games in Bangkok, Thailand, his entry time of 2:00.81 was officially accredited under a FINA B-standard.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including his former rival James Walsh of the Philippines, and four-time Olympian Vladan Marković of the newly independent nation Serbia. He rounded out the field to last place by 0.32 of a second behind Markovic with a slowest time of 2:03.44. Utomo failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Donny Utomo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "RI swimming in confidence for SEA Games pool events". The Jakarta Post. 23 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 37. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ Lines, Chris (11 December 2007). "Indonesia's Wibowo claims sprint double". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Afriatni, Ami (29 March 2010). "Luck, Skill Spark Indonesian Swimmer's Olympic Dream". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.