Sebastian Stoss
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Austria |
| Born | 14 January 1986 Cairo, Egypt |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Eisenstädter SU[1] |
| Coach | Andrzej Szarzynski[1] |
Sebastian Stoss (born 14 January 1986 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Austrian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] He is a two-time Olympian, a multiple-time Austrian champion, and also, a current member of Eisenstädter Swimming Club (German: Eisenstädter Schwimmunion), under his personal coach Andrzej Szarzynski.[1][3]
Stoss qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by eclipsing a FINA A-standard entry time of 1:59.27 from the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including three-time Olympians Răzvan Florea of Romania, Simon Dufour of France, and his teammate and two-time Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan. He raced to fifth place and nineteenth overall by fifteen hundredths of a second (0.15) ahead of Japan's Takashi Nakano with a time of 1:59.44. Stoss also tied his overall position with Hungary's Roland Rudolf.[6]
Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Stoss qualified for his second Austrian team, as a 26-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by clearing a B-standard entry time of 2:00.89 in the men's 200 m backstroke.[7] Stoss raced to second place in heat 1 by a single second behind Turkish swimmer and six-time Olympian Derya Büyükuncu with a second-slowest time of 2:02.91. Stoss failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sebastian Stoss". London 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sebastian Stoss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Mirna Jukic Dominates Austria Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 25. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Alain Bernard smashes his own 100-meter freestyle mark for second record in 2 days". New York Times. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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