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]
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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]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Mafio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Walter Arcipetre Sets National Mark on Day 3 of Argentina Long Course Nats". Swimming World Magazine. 21 December 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Tucker, Elton (20 August 2004). "Brave Jevon bows out". The Jamaica Star. Archived from the original on 10 December 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Vicente Almonacid: A warrior of a thousand battles (in Spanish)". Estadio Deportes TV. 27 August 2021.
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