Cristian Mauro Soldano (born June 2, 1976) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a two-time semifinalist in the 100 m breaststroke at the

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(2003 and 2007). Soldano qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke, as Argentina's oldest swimmer (aged 28), at the

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. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:03.63 from the Brazilian Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including four-time Olympian Ratapong Sirisanont (Thailand), who was later disqualified for a false start. With only seven left in the pool, Soldano rounded out the field to last place in 1:05.05, more than one second off his entry time. Soldano failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-third overall on the first day of preliminaries.

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1976 births Living people Argentine male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Argentina Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Salta Pan American Games swimmers for Argentina 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-swimming-bio-stub