Walter Arciprete

{{short description|Argentine swimmer}}

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| fullname = Walter Dario Arciprete

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| national_team = {{ARG}}

| strokes = Breaststroke, medley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina

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Walter Dario Arciprete (born May 25, 1979) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and in individual medley events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Walter Arciprete|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/walter-arciprete-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/walter-arciprete-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 June 2013}} He represented Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and achieved numerous Argentine titles and records from the national championships, including his 50 m breaststroke standard (27.81) that stood for more than a decade.{{cite news|title=Walter Arciprete Sets National Mark on Day 3 of Argentina Long Course Nats|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6426.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=21 December 2003|accessdate=8 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Sydney 2000: Día por día|trans-title=Sydney 2000: Day by day|language=Spanish|url=http://www.fen.org.ar/natacion/notas/sydney_2000.htm|publisher=Argentine Swimming Federation|date=16–22 September 2000|accessdate=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527034923/http://www.fen.org.ar/natacion/notas/sydney_2000.htm|archive-date=27 May 2009|url-status=dead}}

Arciprete competed only in the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:07.52 from the Argentine Long Course Nationals in Buenos Aires.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006001F000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=23 April 2013}} He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Kazakhstan's 29-year-old Grigoriy Matuzkov. Coming out strongly from a breaststroke leg, Arciprete faded shortly on the final lap to a fifth seed in 2:08.89, just 3.44 seconds behind winner Matuzkov. Arciprete failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=307|accessdate=23 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616020339/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|accessdate=7 July 2013}}