Hannes Kalteis

Hannes Kalteis
Personal information
Full name Hannes Kalteis
National team  Austria
Born (1982-02-08) 8 February 1982
Sankt Pölten, Austria
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club ESV St. Pölten
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Austria
European Junior Championships
2000 Dunkerque 1500 m freestyle

Hannes Kalteis (born February 8, 1982) is an Austrian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] Kalteis upset local favorite Guy Noel Schmitt to take the gold in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2000 European Junior Swimming Championships in Dunkerque, France with a time of 15:21.41.[2]

Kalteis qualified for two swimming events, as an 18-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:21.41 from the European Junior Championships.[2][3][4] On the first day of the Games, Kalteis placed forty-second in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out the field to last place by almost seven seconds behind winner Torwai Sethsothorn of Thailand in 4:03.66.[5][6] Nearly a week later, in the 1500 m freestyle, Kalteis challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including U.S. swimmers and top medal favorites Erik Vendt and Chris Thompson. He finished the program's longest race in seventh place by less than 0.11 of a second behind Spain's Teo Edo in 15:32.90. Kalteis failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the prelims.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Hannes Kalteis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Mocanu Emerges as Euro Junior Star". Swimming World Magazine. 30 July 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Zeit der Vorbereitung ist zu Ende" [Preparation time is over] (in German). Wiener Zeitung. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 133. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 147. Retrieved 26 March 2013.


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