Antonio Leon (swimmer)

{{short description|Paraguayan swimmer}}

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| name = Antonio Leon

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| fullname = Antonio Manuel Leon Candia

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| national_team = {{PAR}}

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Deportivo de Puerto Sajonia

| coach = Roberto Colmán

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|8|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Asunción, Paraguay

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| height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Antonio Manuel Leon Candia (born August 4, 1982) is a Paraguayan former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Antonio Leon|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/antonio-leon-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/antonio-leon-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 13 June 2013}} During his sporting career, he represented Paraguay, as an eighteen-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in all four editions of the FINA World Championships since 2001. Leon also trained for Deportivo de Puerto Sajonia, under his longtime coach and mentor Roberto Colmán.{{cite news|title=León "ruge" la cruda y triste realidad del nadador paraguayo|trans-title=Lion "roars" the harsh and sad reality Paraguayan Swimmer|language=Spanish|url=http://archivo.abc.com.py/2006-01-30/articulos/231524/leon-ruge-la-cruda-y-triste-realidad-del-nadador-paraguayo|publisher=ABC Color|date=30 January 2006|accessdate=13 June 2013}}

Leon competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, without meeting an entry time.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060013000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}} He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Kieran Chan of Papua New Guinea and Joe Atuhaire of Uganda. Leon pulled away from a small field, and opened up his lead to a top seed in a new Paraguayan record of 1:08.12. Leon failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-first overall on the first day of prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |format=PDF |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=240 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|last=Newberry|first=Paul|title=Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=16 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}}