Tory Michael Pragassa (born 14 October 1996) is a Kenyan swimmer. He competed at the

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, but did not qualify for the semi-finals of any of his events, finishing 26th in both the 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke heats, and 39th in the 50m freestyle heats.

Early career

Pragassa broke five national junior records at the 2012 CASA Inter Clubs Swimming Championship in

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. On 4 June 2012, he clocked 2:06.50 in the 14–15 years' 200m freestyle, beating the previous junior and boys' 2:06.55 record set by

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on 13 March 2004. He then clocked 0:35.81 in the 10–11 years' 50m backstroke event, just shading the boys' 0:35.83 record set by

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on 21 February 1998. He shattered the previous junior and boys' 2:23.20

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record set by Kim Jin-woo on 4 October 1998, setting a new time of 2:20.10. The following year, he won a silver medal at the

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Zone 3–4 Championships in

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, posting a time of 31.93 seconds in the 15–16 years' 50m backstroke event.

References

1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Nairobi Kenyan male swimmers Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Swimmers at the 2015 African Games Male breaststroke swimmers 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-swimming-bio-stub