Neisser S. Bent Vázquez (born August 7, 1976 in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud) is a former international backstroke swimmer from Cuba, who swam at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. At the '96 Games, he won the bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke, just behind fellow countryman Rodolfo Falcón. These are the only Olympic medals that Cuba has ever won in swimming.
At the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, he broke the Championship Record in the 200 backstroke (2:01.53). This record stood until the 2006 Games where it was bettered by Barbados' Nick Neckles.
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External links
Enfinity Aquatic Club - Neisser Bent
1976 births
Living people
Cuban male swimmers
Male backstroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games
People from Nueva Gerona
Olympic swimmers for Cuba
Olympic bronze medalists for Cuba
Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Cuba Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Pan American Games competitors for Cuba 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people Cuban sports coaches Swimming coaches