Georgios Diamantidis Explained

Georgios Diamantidis (el|Γεώργιος Διαμαντίδης; born 3 January 1984) is a Greek former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.^[1] Diamantidis qualified for the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:09.25 from the Greece National Open in Thessaloniki.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including top medal favorite Larsen Jensen of the United States. He rounded out the field to last place by a 27-second margin behind Italy's Christian Minotti in 16:06.31. Diamantidis failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

Career

• Olympic Games
  • 2004 Greece, Athens 1500m freestyle
• World Championship
  • 2003 Barcelona 1500m freestyle
• World Cups
  • 2001 Imperia, Italy 400m-1500m freestyle
  • 2002 Paris,France 400m-1500m freestyle
  • 2003 Spain, Barcelona 400m-1500m freestyle
• European Championships
  • 2002 Austria, Linz 400m-1500m (A) freestyle
  • 2004 Spain, Madrid 1500m (M) freestyle
  • 2006 Hungary, Budapest 1500m (M) freestyle

External links

• 2004 Olympic Profile – Eideisis Ellinika

Notes and References

1. Web site: Georgios Diamantidis . 22 April 2013 . 2013-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204082720/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/georgios-diamantidis-1.html . 4 February 2013 .
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 1500 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: David Davies Fastest, Posts British Record 14:57.03 . https://archive.today/20130630094555/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7916.asp . dead . 30 June 2013 . . 20 August 2004 . 22 April 2013 .