Andrés Bicocca (born January 14, 1976) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[2] He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and coach of Club Deportivo Hispano Americano in Río Gallegos, along head coach Alejandro Amuchástegui.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Bicocca |
| National team |  Argentina |
| Born | 14 January 1976 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Club Deportivo Hispano Americano [1] |
| Coach | Gustavo Roldan [1] |
Bicocca competed only in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:22.06 from the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3] He posted a lifetime best of 2:20.98 to maintain a lead from start to finish in heat one, against two other swimmers Nguyen Ngoc Anh of Vietnam and Leonard Ngoma of Zambia. Bicocca failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-seventh overall in the prelims.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Celeste olímpico" [Olympian from Celeste] (in Spanish). Club Hispano Americano. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrés Bicocca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sydney 2000: Día por día" [Sydney 2000: Day by day] (in Spanish). Argentine Swimming Federation. 16–22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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