Alice Shrestha

Alice Shrestha
Personal information
Full name Alice Shrestha
National team    Nepal
Born (1985-09-04) 4 September 1985
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Alice Shrestha (Nepali: एलिश श्रेष्ठ; born September 4, 1985) is a Nepalese swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Shrestha qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:15.49.[2] He participated in heat one against three other swimmers Eric Williams of Nigeria, Chisela Kanchela of Zambia, and Amar Shah of Kenya. He rounded out a small field of four with a time of 1:12.25, setting a new national record.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Alice Shrestha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. Aarti Basnyat. "Going swimmingly". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.