GRASSI Santiago

Argentina

Swimming

Date of Birth: 25 Sep 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: SANTA FE

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : AUBURN, AL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle
	Men's 100m Butterfly

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Fly
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (52.56)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly
2014	Nanjing, CHN	SF (24.71)	SF (54.37)	H (2:07.17)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Medley X
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (23.99)	H (52.59)	H (3:52.49)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (24.03)	H (52.36)	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Fly	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Lima, PER	6th (22.28)	4th (52.15)	DSQ	3rd (3:38.41)	3rd (3:50.53)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Management Information Systems, Marketing Management - University of Auburn, United States of America

Family:

Partner Julie

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Coach:

Gustavo Roldan [national], ARG

Sporting relatives:

His sister Maria Eugenia was a South American youth champion in swimming. His partner Julie Meynen is also a swimmer who represented Luxembourg at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (canchallena.lanacion.com.ar, 17 Jul 2015; pagina12.com.ar, 05 Apr 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Sep 2020)

Start:

He began the sport at age six with Union de Santa Fe in Argentina. (natacion.com.ar, 07 Jul 2015)

Reason:

His family enjoyed fishing and sailing, so they encouraged him to learn how to swim. (natacion.com.ar, 07 Jul 2015)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (lanacion.com.ar, 24 Jul 2019)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ellitoral.com, 27 Jun 2020)

Philosophy:

"Those who resist, accomplish their dreams." (Twitter profile, 14 Jun 2020)

Award:

He took part in the torch relay of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (ellitoral.com, 27 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
RELOCATING TO USA
In 2015 he was offered a scholarship from the University of Auburn in the United States of America. He decided to join the university after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to study marketing and information systems management. "I made the decision to come to the United States with the goal of improving my times and to overcome myself. It took me some time to adapt, to find what I needed to adjust in order to get the best out of me. Training is hard, demanding and with such a big intensity. But when you are tired you look to your side to the swimmer next to you who also is tired but he says, 'Come on! We can do it!' and that helps a lot. I think that was the main difference that I found here, a team that motivated me and pulled me forward." (lanacion.com.ar, 24 Jul 2019; tycsports.com, 01 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GrassiSantiago
https://instagram.com/santigrassi
https://twitter.com/saantigrassi

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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