Nguyễn Hữu Việt (1 October 1988 – 25 March 2022)[1] was a Vietnamese swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events.[2] He won a total of five medals (three golds, one silver, and one bronze), and set numerous records for both the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the Southeast Asian Games (2003–2009).[3][4]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Vietnam |
| Born | 1 October 1988 Thủy Nguyên, Haiphong, Vietnam |
| Died | 25 March 2022 (aged 33) |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Medal record | |
Nguyễn made his first Vietnamese Olympic team as a 15-year-old for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to place last and fifty-second overall by two thirds of a second (0.66) behind Estonia's Aleksander Baldin, with a time of 1:06.70.[5][6]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nguyễn qualified again for the second time in the 100 m breaststroke. He received a FINA wild card entry by achieving his personal best of 1:03.73 from his gold medal triumph at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[7][8] Nguyễn challenged five other swimmers in heat two, including fellow two-time Olympian Sergiu Postică of Moldova. He raced to fourth place by 0.14 of a second behind Lebanon's Wael Koubrousli in 1:06.36. Nguyễn failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall on the first night of the preliminaries.[9]
References
edit- ^ Cựu kình ngư Nguyễn Hữu Việt qua đời (in Vietnamese)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nguyen Huu Viet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Three Vietnamese National Records Fall". Swimming World Magazine. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Vietnam sets new games record in swimming at 25th SEA Games". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Weightlifter Tuan brings home silver". Việt Nam News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Swimming Day 1 – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Best Swimming. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
