Michael Windisch (born 9 August 1976) is an Austrian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and in individual medley events.[1] He is a 2000 Olympian and a member of Wolfsberger Swimming Club in Wolfsberg, Carinthia. While studying in the United States, Windisch was named to the men's GTE Academic All-American athletes' team for the fall season. Although he was born in South Africa, Windisch held a dual residency status to compete internationally for his parents' homeland Austria.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Windisch |
| National team |  Austria |
| Born | 9 August 1976 Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly, medley |
| Club | Wolfsberger SV |
| College team | University of Nebraska (US) |
| Coach | Rick Paine (AUS) Cal Bentz (US) |
Windisch accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he majored in international business, and played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers swimming and diving team under head coach Cal Bentz.[3][4] While swimming for the Cornhuskers, he received five All-American honours, and set school records in the 500-yard freestyle (4:22.01) and 1650-yard freestyle (15:17.19).[5] He finished fourth in the 400-yard individual medley (3:45.40) at the 2000 NCAA championships, and was also named to the men's GTE Academic All-American athletes' team for the fall season.[2][6]
Windisch competed in three individual events for Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA A-cut of 4:22.94 (400 m individual medley) from the US National Championships in Federal Way, Washington.[7][8][9] On the second day of the Games, Windisch placed twenty-sixth in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four, he rounded out the field to last place by 0.24 of a second behind Great Britain's Simon Militis in 4:24.62.[10][11] Two days later, in the 200 m butterfly, Windisch established an Austrian record of 2:01.20 from heat three, but his time was only enough to pull off a twenty-eighth-place effort.[12][13] In his final event, 200 m individual medley, Windisch could not achieve his best result on the morning prelims, finishing in twenty-seventh place with a time of 2:05.15.[14]
References
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- ^ a b "Former Husker Earns Gold Down Under" (PDF). Nebraska Cornhuskers. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "GTE Academic All-America fall/winter teams selected". Nebraska Cornhuskers. 8 May 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "All-Time Huskers in the Olympics". Nebraska Cornhuskers. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Men's Swimming and Diving All-Time Top Five" (PDF). Nebraska Cornhuskers. p. 9. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Swimmers Dominate Academic All-America Honors Again". Swimming World. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ Bell, Bill (19 September 2000). "Swimming World Results: Top 150 All-Time – Men's 400m Individual Medley". Swimming World. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Zeit der Vorbereitung ist zu Ende" [Preparation time is over]. Wiener Zeitung (in German). 12 September 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.