Andrey Morkovin Explained

Andrey Morkovin
Fullname:	Andrey Morkovin
Strokes:	Breaststroke
Birth Date:	9 April 1985
Birth Place:	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:	840NaN0
Show-Medals:	yes

Andrey Morkovin (Uzbek: Андрей Морковин; born April 9, 1985) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1] Morkovin qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:18.76 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria. He raced to fifth place by seven tenths of a second (0.70) behind Algeria's Sofiane Daid in 2:18.48. Morkovin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Andrey Morkovin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/andrey-morkovin-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 2 May 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 11 April 2013.
4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29 . . 17 August 2004 . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025210/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7855.asp . 3 December 2005 .