Nguyễn Hữu Việt

Nguyễn Hữu Việt (1 October 1988 – 25 March 2022)[1] was a Vietnamese swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events.[2] He won a total of five medals (three golds, one silver, and one bronze), and set numerous records for both the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the Southeast Asian Games (2003–2009).[3][4]

Nguyễn Hữu Việt
Personal information
National teamVietnam
Born(1988-10-01)1 October 1988
Thủy Nguyên, Haiphong, Vietnam
Died25 March 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 33)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Vietnam
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Manila100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2007 Bangkok100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2009 Vientiane100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2009 Vientiane200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2003 Hanoi100 m breaststroke

Nguyễn made his first Vietnamese Olympic team as a 15-year-old for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out a field of seven swimmers to place last and fifty-second overall by two thirds of a second (0.66) behind Estonia's Aleksander Baldin, with a time of 1:06.70.[5][6]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Nguyễn qualified again for the second time in the 100 m breaststroke. He received a FINA wild card entry by achieving his personal best of 1:03.73 from his gold medal triumph at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[7][8] Nguyễn challenged five other swimmers in heat two, including fellow two-time Olympian Sergiu Postică of Moldova. He raced to fourth place by 0.14 of a second behind Lebanon's Wael Koubrousli in 1:06.36. Nguyễn failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-eighth overall on the first night of the preliminaries.[9]

References
  1. Cựu kình ngư Nguyễn Hữu Việt qua đời (in Vietnamese)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nguyen Huu Viet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "Three Vietnamese National Records Fall". Swimming World Magazine. 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "Vietnam sets new games record in swimming at 25th SEA Games". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. 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.
  7. "Weightlifter Tuan brings home silver". Việt Nam News. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. "Beijing 2008: Swimming Day 1 – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Best Swimming. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  9. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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