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Place of Birth: St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria
About Hannes Kalteis
- Hannes Kalteis (born 8 February 1982) is an Austrian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.
- 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.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.
- 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.
- 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.
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