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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Bent and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.
Neisser Bent Personal information Full name Neisser S. Bent Vázquez Nationality Cuba
Born August 7, 1976
Nueva Gerona, Isla de la JuventudHeight 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Weight 88kg Sport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Backstroke Neisser S. Bent Vázquez (born August 7, 1976 in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. At the '96 Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke, just behind fellow countryman Rodolfo Falcón.
At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he broke the Championship Record in the 200 backstroke (2:01.53). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by Barbados' Nick Neckles.[1]
References
- ^ Men's 200 back results from the 2006 CACs.
World Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1993: Tripp Schwenk (USA) · 1995: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) · 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) · 1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) · 2000: Neil Walker (USA) · 2002: Matt Welsh (AUS) · 2004: Aaron Peirsol (USA) · 2006: Matt Welsh (AUS) · 2008: Liam Tancock (GBR) · 2010: Stanislav Donets (RUS)World Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke 1993: Tripp Schwenk (USA) · 1995: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) · 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) · 1999: Josh Watson (AUS) · 2000: Gordan Kožulj (CRO) · 2002: Aaron Peirsol (USA) · 2004: Aaron Peirsol (USA) · 2006: Ryan Lochte (USA) · 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT) · 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1959: Gilberto Elsa (ITA) • 1961: Shunsuke Fukushima (JPN) • 1967: Charles Hickcox (USA) • 1970: Mitch Ivey (USA) • 1973: David Johnson (USA) • 1977: Romulo Arantes (BRA) • 1979: Mark Kerry (AUS) • 1981: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS) • 1983: Mike West (CAN) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) • 1991: Deke Botsford (CAN) • 1993: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) • 1995: Kurt Jachimowski (USA) • 1997: Neisser Bent (CUB) • 1999: Simon Thirsk (RSA) • 2001: Peter Marshall (USA) • 2003: Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN) • 2005: Masafumi Yamaguchi (JPN) • 2007: Helge Meeuw (GER) • 2009: Ryosuke Irie (JPN) • 2011: Gareth Kean (NZL)
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Cuban swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Olympic swimmers of Cuba
- Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- North American swimming biography stubs
- Cuban sportspeople stubs
- Cuban Olympic medalist stubs
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