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in Sydney, where he competed in the

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. Swimming in heat one, he raced to second place and fortieth overall by 0.17 of a second behind Singapore's

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in 4:01.51. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Zolezzi extended his program, swimming in three individual events. He posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:52.47 (200 m freestyle), 3:57.89 (400 m freestyle), and 15:55.89 (1500 m freestyle) from the

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, and

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. On the first day of the Games, Zolezzi placed twenty-fifth in the

. He blasted a new Chilean record of 3:56.52 to top the second heat against seven other swimmers, including early favorites

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of New Zealand and

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of Bulgaria. By the following day, Zolezzi took a sixth spot and thirty-ninth overall in heat four of the 200 m freestyle. He posted a time of 1:53.18, just 0.71 of a second off his entry and record time. In the

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, Zolezzi touched second in heat one behind Thailand's Charnvudth Saengsri by a 6.06-second margin in 16:00.52. Zolezzi failed to advance into the final, as he placed primerisimo overall in the preliminaries.

References

1981 births Living people Chilean male freestyle swimmers Pan American Games competitors for Chile Olympic swimmers of Chile Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santiago 21st-century Chilean people {{Chile-swimming-bio-stub