Donnie Defreitas

Donnie Defreitas
Personal information
Full name Donnie Defreitas
National team  St. Vincent
Born (1985-06-10) 10 June 1985
Havana, Cuba
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Donnie Defreitas (born June 10, 1985) is a former swimmer from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Defreitas qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, without having an entry time.[2] He challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including 16-year-old Emile Rony Bakale of Congo. He posted a lifetime best of 27.72 to earn a fourth spot by a 2.65-second margin behind winner Bakale. Defreitas failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-fourth overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Donnie Defreitas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. "T&T swimmer cops a bronze in Athens". Grenadian Connection. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
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