Eduardo Cisternas

Eduardo Alberto Cisternas Gómez (born January 10, 2004, in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian and a Chilean national record holder in multiple freestyle events.

Career

Cisternas competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He set a new Chilean national record in the event during the preliminary heats, improving upon his previous mark.

At the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Cisternas reached the final of the men's 400 metre freestyle and finished seventh.

He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In the event, he posted a time of 3:51.29, setting a new Chilean national record in the discipline.

In 2025, Cisternas competed at the Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, where he won silver medals in the men's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:47.99 and the men's 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:49.40.

Academic background

Cisternas is a student-athlete at Pennsylvania State University, where he competes in the university's NCAA Division I swimming program.