Colin Bensadon

Colin Bensadon
Personal information
Full name Colin Samuel Bensadon
Nationality Gibraltarian
Born (1988-01-20) 20 January 1988[1]
Gibraltar[1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle, butterfly, medley

Colin Samuel Bensadon (born 20 January 1988 in Gibraltar) is a Gibraltarian swimmer.

Career

Bensadon first competed for Gibraltar at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he finished 9th in the 1500 metre freestyle covering the distance in 17:34.69, 18th in the 200-metre freestyle with a time of 2:08.24 and 16th in 400-metre freestyle clocking in at 4:27.73.

At the 2003 Island Games in Guernsey, Bensadon finished 8th in the heats of the 400-metre freestyle in 4:18.49 (only the top six progressed to the final),[2] 11th in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:56.42[3] and swam in the 1500 metre freestyle.[4] He teamed up with Gavin Santos, Daniel Victory and Jamie Zammitt who together finished 8th in the 4 × 50-metre medley relay in 1:59.02[5] and finished 7th in the heats of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:20.80.[6] In the final event of the meet Bensadon teamed up with Asha Andrew, Rachel Fortunato, Angel Gonzalez, Elaine Reyes, Arianne Sanguinetti, Gavin Santos and Daniel Victory in the mixed 8 × 50-metre freestyle relay where they finished 6th in the final with a time of 3:46.16.[7]

At the 2005 Island Games in Shetland, Scotland, Bensadon finished 6th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:14.97,[8] 5th in the timed final of the 1500 metre freestyle in 17:12.85,[9] won bronze in the 400 individual medley in 4:40.52.[10] The team of Bensadon, Merlin Batchelor, Gavin Santos and Jamie Zammitt competing in four relays together finishing 6th in the final of the 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay in 1:43.95,[11] 6th in the final of the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:48.82,[12] and 6th in the final of the 4 × 50-metre medley relay in 1:55.99.[13] The team also qualified for the final of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, finishing 6th in the heats with a time of 4:17.69 but did not contest the final.[14]

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Bensadon finished 16th in 400-metre freestyle in 4:17.22,[15] 26th in 200-metre freestyle in 1:59.98,[16] 17th in 200-metre individual medley in 2:14.07[17] and was disqualified in the 400-metre individual medley.[18]

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships held 12 months later in Melbourne, Bensadon finished 64th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:19.86,[19] 91st in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:01.20,[20] 44th in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:48.26[21] and 61st in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:16.12.[22]

At the 2007 Island Games in Rhodes, Greece, Bensadon finished 6th in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:58.83,[23] 7th in the 200-metre breaststroke in 2:31.37,[24] 4th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:09.37,[25] 4th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:10.48[26] and won bronze in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:35.31.[27]

At the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Manchester, Bensadon finished in 72nd in the 100-metre freestyle in 54.02,[28] 54th in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:56.53,[29] 33rd in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:43.15[30] and 39th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:08.56.[31]

At the 2009 Island Games in Åland, Finland, Bensadon finished 4th in the final of the 200-metre butterfly in 2:08.96,[32] 9th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:13.82,[33] 6th in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:58.14,[34] 6th in the heats of the 200-metre backstroke in 2:14.54 but did not swim in the final,[35] 5th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:04.78[36] and won bronze in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:31.89 for the third time.[37] In the relays, Bensadon alongside Oliver Quick, Gavin Santos and Matthew Sivers finished 8th in the 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay in 1:43.11[38] and 9th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:47.54[39] and alongside Oliver Quick, Matthew Sivers and Daniel Victory finished 8th in the 4 × 50-metre medley relay in 1:55.14[40] and 5th in the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:09.78.[41]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Bensadon finished 68th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:12.31,[42] 110th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.19,[43] 152nd in the 100-metre freestyle in 54.94,[44] 140th in the 100-metre butterfly in 1:00.56,[45] 57th in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:47.14[46] and 77th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:14.05.[47]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Bensadon had the honour of being the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. In the pool, Bensadon finished 22nd in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:17.63,[48] 28th in the 200-metre freestyle in 2:00.32,[49] 36th in the 100-metre freestyle in 55.88,[50] 28th in the 100-metre butterfly in 1:01.57,[51] 21st in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:18.49[52] and was disqualified in the 400-metre individual medley.[53]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Bensadon finished in 59th in the 200-metre freestyle in 1:56.42,[54] 74th in the 100-metre butterfly in 1:00.07,[55] 89th in the 50-metre freestyle in 25.28,[56] 47th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:11.50,[57] 81st in the 50-metre butterfly in 27.25,[58] equal 79th in the 100-metre freestyle in 53.52[59] and 61st in the 100-metre individual medley in 1:01.18.[60]

At the 2011 Island Games in the Isle of Wight, Bensadon finished 7th in the heats of the 200-metre butterfly in 2:12.66 (only the top six progressed to the final),[61] 4th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:10.04,[62] 4th in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:33.69,[63] 7th in the heats of the 100-metre individual medley in 1:02.15[64] and 4th in the 400-metre freestyle in 4:08.33.[65] In the freestyle relays, Bensadon with Oliver Quick, James Sanderson and Wesley Warwick finished 6th in the 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay in 1:40.66,[66] and with John Paul Llanelo, Quick and Sanderson finished 6th in the 4 × 100 relay in 3:41.83.[67] In the medley relays, Bensadon teamed up with Jordan Gonzalez, Sanderson and Quick. They finished 7th in the heats of the 4 × 50-metre medley relay in 1:52.79[68] and finished 6th in the final of the 4 × 100-metre medley relay in 4:06.38.[69]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, Bensadon finished in 45th in the 100-metre individual medley in 59.95,[70] 71st in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1:05.94,[71] 42nd in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:07.88[72] and with Sanderson, Quick and Michael Hitchcock finished 16th in the 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay in 8:04.92.[73]

At the 2013 Island Games in Bermuda, Bensadon had his most successful meet to date winning silver in the 400-metre individual medley in 4:30.97, his fourth medal in the event at the Island Games[74] and picked a bronze in the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:22.12.[75] In the other events, Bensadon finished 4th in the 200-metre individual medley in 2:08.62,[76] 5th in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1:05.58,[77] 8th in the 50-metre breaststroke in 30.86[78] and 7th in the heats of the 200-metre backstroke in 2:14.99 but did not swim in the final.[79] In the relay, Bensadon with Llanelo, Sanderson and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 50-metre freestyle relay in 1:40.39[80] and with Hitchcock, Sanderson and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay in 3:40.12.[81] In the medley, Bensadon, Gonzalez, Sanderson and Quick together finished 6th in both the 4 × 50 and the 4 × 100-metre medley relays with times of 1:49.65[82] and 4:02.00[83] respectively.

References

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