Anthony Nesty

Anthony Nesty
Country	Suriname
Sport	Swimming
Best events	Butterfly
Olympic Games	Los Angeles 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992
Olympic medals
Gold
Silver
Bronze
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Personal information
Full name	Anthony Conrad Nesty
Date of birth	25 November 1967
Birthplace	Port of Spain, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	180 cm (5' 10")
Hometown	Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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Anthony Nesty is a swimmer who has competed for Suriname. He competed at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. At his second Olympics in 1988, he passed the American swimmer Matthew Biondi by a hundredth of a second to become the country's first-ever champion and the first black swimmer to win the gold medal in the men's 100 metres butterfly. He was selected to carry the Surinamese flag twice during the Seoul 1988 and Beijing 2008 opening ceremony.

Olympic Results

Year	Event	Rank
1984	Men's 100m freestyle	49th
	Men's 100m butterfly	21st
1988	Men's 100m butterfly
	Men's 200m butterfly	8th
1992	Men's 100m butterfly

1984

Discipline	Round	Time
100 metres freestyle	Heats	54.99
	Final	Did not advance
100 metres butterfly	Heats	56.15	NR
	Final	Did not advance

1988

Discipline	Round	Time
100 metres butterfly	Heats	53.50	NR
	A Final	53.00	OR
200 metres butterfly	Heats	2:00.17	NR
	A Final	2:00.80

1992

Discipline	Round	Time
100 metres butterfly	Heats	53.89
	A Final	53.41