fullname birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
onan orlando thom linden , guyana 86 kg lb 0 on 1.88 0 on 11 april 1984 onan orlando thom
 freestyle onan orlando thom
onan orlando thom

onan orlando thom -lrb- born april 11 , 1984 in linden -rrb- is a retired guyanese swimmer , who specialized in sprint freestyle events .
thom qualified for the men 's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , by receiving a universality place from fina , in an entry time of 54.14 .
he challenged seven other swimmers in heat two , including three-time olympian aleksandr agafonov of uzbekistan .
he earned a sixth spot in 55.24 , more than a second off his entry time .
thom failed to advance into the semifinals , as he placed fifty-ninth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries .
