birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
kampala , uganda 66 kg lb 0 on 1.68 0 on 15 may 1978 joe atuhaire
 breaststroke joe atuhaire
joe atuhaire

joe atuhaire -lrb- born may 15 , 1978 in kampala -rrb- is a retired ugandan swimmer , who specialized in breaststroke events .
atuhaire competed for uganda in the men 's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
he received a universality place from fina , in an entry time of 1:10.00 .
he participated in heat one against two other swimmers antonio leon of paraguay and kieran chan of papua new guinea .
he rounded out a small field of three to last place in a time of 1:22.35 , the slowest to be recorded in the heats .
atuhaire failed to advance into the semifinals , as he placed sixty-fifth overall on the first day of prelims .
on september 26 , 2000 , atuhaire left the olympic athletes ' village in sydney after police issued a warrant for his arrest , charging against sexual intercourse without consent with a 17-year-old female near the main site .
he was later detained in adelaide , and granted a bail of $ 20,000 -lrb- australian -rrb- .
nearly a month later , he was pleaded not guilty by the prosecutors , and freed from any charges before his safe return to uganda .
