Andrei Mihailov Explained

Andrei Mihailov
Fullname:Andrei Mihailov
Strokes:Backstroke
Club:Moldova Swimming Team
Birth Date:31 October 1980
Birth Place:Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR,
Soviet Union
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Weight:820NaN0
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Andrei Mihailov (born October 31, 1980) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a member of the Moldova Swimming Team.

Mihailov's Olympic debut came at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat one of the men's 200 m backstroke, he edged out Bulgaria's Ivan Angelov to take a second spot and thirty-eighth overall by 0.63 of a second in 2:06.67.[2]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Mihailov qualified again for the 200 m backstroke. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:06.12 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.[3] Swimming in the same heat as Sydney, he raced again to second place by 0.68 of a second behind Finland's Matti Mäki in 2:06.97. Mihailov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Andrei Mihailov. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025029/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/andrei-mihailov-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 26 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2 . . . . 283 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  3. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  5. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men’s 200 Backstroke Prelims, Day 5: Peirsol Looks Good for a Dorsal Double . . 18 August 2004 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025539/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7875.asp . 3 December 2005 .