| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yevgeny Petrashov |
| National team |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Born | 4 September 1974 Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Yevgeny Petrashov (born September 4, 1974) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a former Kyrgyzstan record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke.
His son is Olympic swimmer Denis Petrashov. [2]
Petrashov made his first Kyrgyz team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the men's 100 m breaststroke, finishing in forty-second place with a time of 1:07.44. [3] He also placed twenty-first, as a member of the Kyrgyzstan team, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (3:56.24). [4]
On his second Olympic appearance in Sydney 2000, Petrashov fell to last place and fifty-ninth overall in heat four of the 100 m breaststroke by a 3.30-second margin behind joint winners Arsenio López of Puerto Rico and Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia, finishing the race at 1:07.32. [5]
Petrashov swam for his third time in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He achieved a FINA B-standard of 1:04.82 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty. [6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Madagascar's Jean Luc Razakarivony, who also competed in the same number of Games. He earned a seventh spot by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind Razakarivony in 1:07.78. Petrashov ended his third and final Olympic stint with a fifty-fifth-place effort on the first day of preliminaries. [7] [8]
Petrashov currently serves as the head coach of Kyrgyzstan's swimming squad. [9]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Kyrgyzstan | |||||
| 1996 | Olympic Games |  Atlanta, United States | 42nd (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.44 |
| 1998 | World Championships |  Perth, Australia | 39th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.57 |
| 31st (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.50 | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 59th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.32 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games |  Athens, Greece | 55th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.78 |
| 2006 | Asian Games |  Doha, Qatar | 27th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.85 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 81st (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.19 |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Kyrgyzstan | |||||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 21st (h) | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:56.24 |
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