Sebastian Stoss

Sebastian Stoss (born January 14, 1986 in Cairo, Egypt) is an Austrian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] He is a two-time Olympian, a multiple-time Austrian champion, and also, a current member of Eisenstädter Swimming Club (German: Eisenstädter Schwimmunion), under his personal coach Andrzej Szarzynski.[1][3]

Sebastian Stoss
Personal information
Nationality Austria
Born (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubEisenstädter SU[1]
CoachAndrzej Szarzynski[1]

Stoss qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by eclipsing a FINA A-standard entry time of 1:59.27 from the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including three-time Olympians Răzvan Florea of Romania, Simon Dufour of France, and his teammate and two-time Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan. He raced to fifth place and nineteenth overall by fifteen hundredths of a second (0.15) ahead of Japan's Takashi Nakano with a time of 1:59.44. Stoss also tied his overall position with Hungary's Roland Rudolf.[6]

Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Stoss qualified for his second Austrian team, as a 26-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by clearing a B-standard entry time of 2:00.89 in the men's 200 m backstroke.[7] Stoss raced to second place in heat 1 by a single second behind Turkish swimmer and six-time Olympian Derya Büyükuncu with a second-slowest time of 2:02.91. Stoss failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats.[8]

References
  1. "Sebastian Stoss". London 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sebastian Stoss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  3. "Mirna Jukic Dominates Austria Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 10 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 25. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "Alain Bernard smashes his own 100-meter freestyle mark for second record in 2 days". New York Times. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  8. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2013.


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