Felix Sutanto

Felix Christiadi Sutanto (born December 24, 1975 in Surabaya) is a retired Indonesian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He represented Indonesia, along with his twin brother Albert, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later received a total of sixteen All-American titles at the NAIA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, while studying in the United States. Because of his tremendous career in college swimming, Sutanto was named the 2002 and 2003 Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Felix Sutanto
Personal information
Full nameFelix Christiadi Sutanto
Nationality Indonesia
Born (1975-12-24) 24 December 1975
Surabaya, Indonesia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
College teamCBU Lancers (USA)
CoachRick Rowland
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Indonesia
Southeast Asian Games
2005 Manila 4×100 m medley
2005 Manila 4×100 m freestyle

Sutanto accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the California Baptist University in Riverside, California, where he majored in business administration, and played for the California Baptist Lancers swimming and diving team under head coach Rick Rowland.[2] While swimming for the Lancers, Sutanto received sixteen All-American titles, and held three meet records in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, and 200-yard individual medley at the NAIA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.[2][3][4] He was also named the 2002 and 2003 NAIA's Most Outstanding Male Swimmer of the Year, before graduating from the University in the spring of 2004.[5]

A member of the Indonesian squad, Sutanto competed only in the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[6] He achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:08.84 from the Asian Swimming Championships in Busan, South Korea.[7][8] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Kuwait's four-time Olympian Sultan Al-Otaibi. Entering the Games with a top-seeded time, Sutanto enjoyed a powerful lead in the first three lengths, but fell short on the freestyle leg to register a fourth-place finish in 2:09.77, almost a 1.9-second deficit from winner Andrei Pakin of Kyrgyzstan. Sutanto failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall in the prelims.[9][10]

Five years later, at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, Sutanto helped his teammates Herry Yudhianto, legend Richard Sam Bera, and his twin brother Albert capture a medley relay title in a time of 3:51.51.[11]

References
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  2. Home, Roger (23 July 2004). "FCBU's Felix Sutanto to swim at Olympics with Indonesia". BP Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. "Simon Fraser Sweeps NAIA Titles Again". Swimming World Magazine. 11 March 2003. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. "Seattle Sweeps Former NAIA Rival, California Baptist". Swimming World Magazine. 18 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. "Swimming/Diving History: Men's Honors and Awards – NAIA Outstanding Swimmer" (PDF). California Baptist University. p. 9. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. "More swimmers eye Olympics". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 2 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  7. "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. "No more medals for RI swimmers in Pusan". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 3 April 2000. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  11. Kurniawan, Moch (16 December 2005). "PRSI buoyed by up-and-coming swimmer's SEAG performance". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2013.


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