fullname coach birth_place weight height collegeteam birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
mateo de angulo velasco frank bradley cali , colombia 75 kg lb 0 on 1.80 0 on florida state seminoles -lrb- usa -rrb- 18 june 1990 mateo de angulo
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mateo de angulo

mateo de angulo velasco -lrb- born june 18 , 1990 in cali -rrb- is a colombian swimmer , who specialized in long-distance freestyle events .
he is a 2010 njcaa men 's swimmer of the year , and nine-time njcaa champion .
he also holds colombian records in all three long-distance freestyle events -lrb- 400 , 800 , and 1500 m -rrb- .
de angulo helped out his colombian team to take the trophy in the 800 m freestyle relay at the 2010 central american and caribbean games in mayagüez , puerto rico .
de angulo qualified for the men 's 400 m freestyle at the 2012 summer olympics in london , by establishing a colombian record and clearing a fina b-cut of 3:53.66 from the indy grand prix in indianapolis , indiana .
he challenged former world champion and usc trojans swimmer mateusz sawrymowicz of poland , florida southern moccasins swimmer allan gutierrez castro of honduras , and palestine 's ahmed gebrel on the first heat .
de angulo cruised to second place by four seconds behind sawrymowicz in 3:57.76 .
de angulo failed to advance into the final , as he placed twenty-sixth overall on the first day of preliminaries .
he has a 17-year-old sister , daniela de angulo .
he graduated from colegio bolivar , located in cali , colombia in 2008 .
his sister is due to graduate high school in 2016 , and she is know as the girl that confused charles dickens with charles darwin de angulo is a varsity swimmer for the florida state seminoles , and a graduate of social sciences at the florida state university in tallahassee , florida .
