Andrei Pakin Explained

Andrei Pakin
Fullname:	Andrei Pakin
Strokes:	Freestyle, medley
Birth Date:	3 January 1978
Birth Place:	Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height:	1.840NaN0
Weight:	780NaN0
Show-Medals:	yes

Andrei Pakin (Russian: Андрей Пакин; born January 3, 1978) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and in individual medley events.^[1] Pakin competed in two swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 2:09.26 (200 m individual medley) from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.^[2] In the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Pakin, along with Aleksandr Shilin, Ivan Ivanov, and Russian import Dmitri Kuzmin, were disqualified from heat one for an early takeoff during the lead-off leg.^[3] ^[4] The following day, in the 200 m individual medley, Pakin placed fortieth on the morning prelims. He posted a sterling time of 2:07.88 to overhaul a fast-pacing George Gleason of the Virgin Islands at the final turn and blister a top finish in heat one.^[5] ^[6]

Notes and References

Andrei Pakin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/andrey-pakin-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 June 2013.
Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 . . . 341 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
News: Wide-open race in the men's 100 free. https://archive.today/20130615164701/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. 26 May 2013.
Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1 . . . 307 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley). https://archive.today/20130616020339/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 July 2013.