Estebán Blanco

Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut (born 16 December 1981) is a Costa Rican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Blanco represented Costa Rica at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He currently holds a national record in the 50 m freestyle that stood for more than a decade.

Estebán Blanco

Personal information
Full name	Estebán Blanco Uhlenhaut
National team	Costa Rica
Born	(1981-12-16) 16 December 1981 (age 43) San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Blanco competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.87 from the Central American and Mexican Championships in his hometown San José.^[2][3] Swimming in heat three, Blanco powered past the entire field to a top seed in a new Costa Rican record of 23.72. However, Blanco's blistering triumph was not enough to put him through to the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.^[4][5][6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Estebán Blanco". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
2. Calvo, Rodrigo (1 April 2001). "Nadador accidentado" [Swimmer injured] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
3. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
5. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
6. "Blanco eliminado" [Blanco eliminated] (in Spanish). La Nación. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2013.