Vlastimil Burda

Vlastimil Burda (born November 4, 1975) is a Czech former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000) and a resident athlete for USK Praha in Prague. While studying in the United States, Burda held two NCAA championship titles, and a school record (4:22.58) in the 400-yard freestyle since 2002, as a member of Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners.[2]

Vlastimil Burda
Personal information
Full nameVlastimil Burda
Nickname(s)Vlasta
National team Czech Republic
Born (1975-11-04) 4 November 1975
Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubUSK Praha
College teamCalifornia State University (U.S.)
CoachJaroslav Strnad

Burda competed in a long-distance freestyle double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He cleared a FINA A-standard entry time of 3:53.36 (400 m freestyle) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[3][4] In the 400 m freestyle, held on the first day of the Games, Burda challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including Australia's overwhelming favorite Grant Hackett. He held off Greece's Spyridon Gianniotis to pick up a sixth spot and nineteenth overall by more than half of his body length, standing at 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in), in a time of 3:54.40.[5][6] Nearly a week later, in the 1500 m freestyle, Burda placed twenty-sixth on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat one, he stormed home with an easy triumph against Chinese Taipei's Li Yun-lun and Kyrgyzstan's Ivan Ivanov, in a lifetime best of 15:33.25.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vlastimil Burda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. "NCAA Div. II Champs: Truman State, Cal-Bakersfield Still Lead With One Day To Go". Swimming World Magazine. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Plavec splnil limit v hodině dvanácté" [Swimmer meets the limit at the eleventh hour] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 4 July 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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