Alexei Pavlov (swimmer)

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Alexei Pavlov
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Pavlov
National teamFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Born (1974-11-04) 4 November 1974 (age 49)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Alexei Pavlov (also Aleksey Pavlov, ‹See Tfd› Russian : Алексей Павлов; born November 4, 1974) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Pavlov competed for Kyrgyzstan in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [2] Teaming with Russian imports Sergey Ashihmin, Dmitri Kuzmin, and Konstantin Ushkov, silver medalist in Atlanta four years earlier, in heat two, Pavlov anchored the race with a poor split of 52.73, but the newly bred Kyrgyz team rounded out the eight-team field to last place and twentieth overall in a final time of 3:25.03. [3] [4]

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References

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