Iurii Zakharov

Iurii Zakharov (also Yuriy Zaharov, Russian: Юрий Захаров; born December 1, 1985) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.[1] He represented his Kyrgyzstan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008).

Iurii Zakharov
Personal information
Full nameIurii Zakharov
National team Kyrgyzstan
Born (1985-12-01) 1 December 1985
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley

Zakharov made his first Kyrgyz team, as a 19-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 200 m backstroke. Swimming in heat one, he recorded the slowest prelims time of the event in 2:10.45 to close out the field of thirty-six swimmers to last place.[2][3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zakharov qualified this time for the men's 200 m individual medley, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:05.43 from the Russian Swimming Championships in Moscow.[4] He challenged six other swimmers on the first heat, including fellow two-time Olympians Omar Pinzón of Colombia, Andrejs Dūda of Latvia, and Danil Bugakov of Uzbekistan. Zakharov edged out Bugakov to take a sixth spot by three seconds in 2:07.01. Zakharov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iurii Zakharov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men's 200 Backstroke Prelims, Day 5: Peirsol Looks Good for a Dorsal Double". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 40. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.


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