Carlos Santander (born May 25, 1975) is a Venezuelan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. He represented

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in two editions of the

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(1996 and 2000), and also swam for the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team in

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, while residing in the United States. During his college career, Santander trained for the

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swimming and diving team, under head coach Beth Harrell, at

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. Santander made his Olympic debut at the

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. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m freestyle, finishing in twenty-seventh place at 1:53.13. A member of the Venezuelan team, he also placed thirteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:23.04), and eleventh in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:32.63). At the

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, Santander competed for the

n squad in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Teaming with

Oswaldo Quevedo Oswaldo Jose Quevedo Boschetti (born August 4, 1976, in Maracay) is a former Butterfly stroke, butterfly and Freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the 2000 South American Swimming Championship ...

, Francisco Páez, and Francisco Sánchez in heat two, Santander swam the lead-off leg and recorded a split of 51.28, but the Venezuelans finished the race in seventh place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 3:24.64.

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