Jean Luc Razakarivony

Jean Luc Razakarivony (born September 10, 1975) is a Malagasy former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a multiple-time Malagasy record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, and a member of Genève Natation 1885, based in Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

Jean Luc Razakarivony
Personal information
Full nameJean Luc Razakarivony
National teamMadagascar
Born (1975-09-10) 10 September 1975
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubGenève Natation 1885

Razakarivony made his first Malagasy team, as a 21-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the men's 100 m breaststroke, finishing in forty-first place with a time of 1:07.34.[3]

On his second Olympic appearance in Sydney 2000, Razakarivony edged out Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Al-Kudmani to earn a third spot and fifty-fifth overall in heat one of the 100 m breaststroke by exactly a tenth of a second (0.10), establishing his own lifetime best at 1:05.97.[4]

Razakarivony swam for his third time in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:07.25.[5] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Kyrgyzstan's Yevgeny Petrashov, who also competed with the same number of Games. He posted a time of 1:07.74 to save a sixth spot over Petrashov by four hundredths of a second (0.04). Razakarivony ended his third and final Olympic stint with a fifty-fourth-place effort on the first day of preliminaries.[6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean Luc Razakarivony". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "Natation: Limites atteintes pour Sagne et le relais 4×100 dames" [Swimming: Limit reached for Sagne and the women's 4×100 m relay] (in French). News Suisse. 12 August 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 239. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Whitten, Phillip (14 August 2004). "Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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