Alexandr Tarabrin
 Tarabrin at the 2015 Military World Games | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1985 Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||
| College team | Volgograd State Academy (RUS)[1] | |||||||||||
| Coach | Azamat Sarbasov (KAZ)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandr Tarabrin (also Aleksandr, Kazakh: Александр Тарабрин; born 24 April 1985) is a Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer.[1][2] He is a former member of the swimming team for Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education, and is coached and trained by Azabat Sarbasov in Almaty.[1]
Tarabrin qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 54.85 (100 m backstroke) and 2:00.75 (200 m backstroke) from the Russian Championships in Moscow.[3][4] On 18 July 2012, IOC had approved his legal nationality transfer from Russia in order for him to be eligible and represent Kazakhstan at these games.[5]
In the 100 m backstroke, Tarabrin challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veterans George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago and Omar Pinzón of Colombia. He raced to sixth place and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind South Korea's Park Seon-Kwan in 55.55.[6] In the 200 m backstroke, Tarabrin touched out another South Korean swimmer Park Hyung-Joo to repeat a sixth-place finish in the same heat by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.22. Tarabrin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Alexandr Tarabrin". London 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Tarabrin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "IOC Approves Nine Nationality Changes Shortly Before 2012 London Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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