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{{short description|Indian-American swimmer}}
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| fullname = Ankur Poseria
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| strokes = [[Butterfly swimming|Butterfly]]
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| coach = [[Dave Salo]] (U.S.)
| collegeteam = [[USC Trojans|University of Southern California]] (U.S.)
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| birth_place = [[Hartville, Ohio]], United States
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'''Ankur Poseria''' (born 16 March 1987) is an Indian-American swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Ankur Poseria|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/ankur-poseria-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/ankur-poseria-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 10 December 2012}}</ref> He is an Indian record holder in the 100 m butterfly, until it was eventually broken by his fellow swimmer [[Virdhawal Khade]] at the 2009 Asia Age Group Championships in [[Tokyo, Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Khade wins gold|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/11/stories/2009081161201600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071043/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/11/stories/2009081161201600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 August 2009|accessdate=10 December 2012}}</ref> He also attended Hoover High School in [[North Canton, Ohio]], where he was a multiple-time All-American and a three-time YMCA national finalist.

Poseria qualified for the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100-metre butterfly|men's 100 m butterfly]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], by establishing an Indian record and clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 53.68 from the Husky International Meet in [[Federal Way, Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Butterfly|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|page=33|publisher=[[Swimming World Magazine]]|accessdate=10 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ashok|first=Kalyan|title=Can the Indian swimmers make a splash?|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/26/stories/2008072659652200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729031406/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/26/stories/2008072659652200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 July 2008|accessdate=11 April 2013}}</ref> He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including Olympic veterans [[Sotirios Pastras]] of Greece, [[Juan Veloz]] of Mexico, and [[Michal Rubáček]] of the Czech Republic. He rounded out the field to seventh place by more than a second behind Malta's [[Ryan Gambin]] in 54.74 seconds. Poseria failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 4 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM021900/index.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=10 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821063129/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM021900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}</ref>

Poseria is a graduate of international public relations at the [[University of Southern California]] in [[Los Angeles]]. He is also a varsity swimmer and member of the [[USC Trojans]] under professional coach [[Dave Salo]].

He is also known for his rendition of "Bolo Ta Ra Ra Ra" by friends (and for a weird inclusion of spoilers).

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/poseria_ankur00.html Profile – USC Trojans]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825023039/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63511/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of India]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:USC Trojans men's swimmers]]
[[Category:American sportspeople of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ohio]]
[[Category:People from Hartville, Ohio]]
[[Category:Indian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]


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