Hsu Kuo-tung, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hsu Kuo-tung

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1983

Place of Birth: Taipei

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Hsu Kuo-tung

  • Hsu Kuo-tung (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Xú Guódòng; born September 22, 1983) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.
  • Hsu competed only in the men's 400 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
  • He achieved a FINA B-cut of 4:35.33 from the National University Games in Taipei.
  • He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Hong Kong's Alex Fong, who turned out into one of city's popular singers, and Tunisia's 16-year-old Oussama Mellouli, who later became an Olympic champion in long-distance freestyle (2008) and open water (2012).
  • He opened up his race to register a fourth-place time of 4:42.78, finishing behind Mellouli by almost a full second, and Fong, the winner of his heat, by more than 13 seconds.
  • Hsu failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed forty-fourth overall in the prelims.

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