Cole Shade Sule

{{Short description|Cameroonian swimmer (born 1980)}}

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| national_team = {{CMR}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = RACING CLUB DE FRANCE

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Yaounde, Cameroon

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| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|85|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Cole Shade Sule (born November 5, 1980) is a Cameroonian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Cole Shade Sule|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/cole-shade-sule-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/cole-shade-sule-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 May 2013}} Sule qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 25.96.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010406003E000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=24 March 2013}} He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 16-year-old Chris Hackel of Mauritius. He raced to second place by less than 0.17 of a second behind winner Hackel in 26.16. Sule failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fourth out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535048.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=19 August 2004 |access-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204025/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}