Mateo de Angulo

Mateo De Angulo
Personal information
Full nameMateo De Angulo Velasco
NicknameTEO
Nationality Colombia
Born (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 34)
Cali, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamFlorida State Seminoles (USA)[1]
CoachFrank Bradley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Colombia
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellín 4x200 m freestyle
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mayagüez 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz 4x100 m freestyle

Mateo De Angulo Velasco (born June 18, 1990, in Cali) is a Colombian swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1][2] He is a 2010 NJCAA Men's Swimmer of the Year, and nine-time NJCAA champion. He also holds Colombian records in all three long-distance freestyle events (400, 800, and 1500 m). De Angulo helped his Colombian team to take the trophy in the 800 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[3]

De Angulo qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by establishing a Colombian record and a time faster than the FINA B-cut off time of 3:53.66 from the Indy Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana.[4][5] He challenged former world champion and USC Trojans swimmer Mateusz Sawrymowicz of Poland, Florida Southern Moccasins swimmer Allan Gutierrez Castro of Honduras, and Palestine's Ahmed Gebrel on the first heat. De Angulo cruised to second place by four seconds behind Sawrymowicz in 3:57.76. De Angulo failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-sixth overall on the first day of preliminaries.[6]

De Angulo is a varsity swimmer for the Florida State Seminoles, and a graduate of social sciences at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mateo de Angulo". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mateo de Angulo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Venezuela es el campeón de la natación" [Venezuela is a swimming champion] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 400 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ^ "London Called". Florida State Seminoles. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 1". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.


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