Artūrs Jakovļevs Explained

Artūrs Jakovļevs
Fullname:Artūrs Jakovļevs
National Team:Latvia
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:Rīga Swimming School
Coach:Alberts Pisarevs
Vladimirs Maslovskis
Birth Date:30 May 1967
Birth Place:Riga, Latvian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height:1.920NaN0
Weight:850NaN0
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Artūrs Jakovļevs (born May 30, 1967) is a Latvian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint butterfly events.[1] He is a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000), a former Latvian record holder in the 100 m butterfly, and a member of the national swimming team under head coaches Alberts Pisarevs and Vladimirs Maslovskis.

Jakovļevs became the first ever Latvian swimmer to compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona since the post-Soviet era. In the 100 m butterfly, he placed thirty-third on the morning prelims in a national record of 55.95.[2]

On his second Olympic appearance in Atlanta 1996, Jakovļevs failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m butterfly, finishing in forty-ninth place with a time of 56.62.[3]

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Jakovļevs qualified for his third team in the men's 100 m butterfly, as a 33-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 56.58 from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[5] [6] Swimming in heat one, he held off Sri Lanka's Conrad Francis by almost half a body length to race for the fourth seed in his personal best of 56.63. Jakovļevs failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-sixth overall in the prelims.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Artūrs Jakovļevs . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030655/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/arturs-jakovlevs-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 9. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 363. 2 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222351/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf. 27 September 2007. dead.
  3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2 . . . 46 . 28 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . 23 May 2011 .
  4. News: Zembergs. Māris. Uz Sidneju dodas lielākā olimpiešu delegācija. The largest ever delegation goes to Sydney. Latvian. Diena. 20 September 2000. 8 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  6. Web site: 2000 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Helsinki, Finland) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats. PDF. Omega Timing. 7 June 2013.
  7. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 206 . 23 April 2013 .
  8. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly). https://archive.today/20130615204434/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep21.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 7 July 2013.
  9. News: Straumanis . Andris . Gold, silver and bronze for Latvian athletes . https://archive.today/20130624182432/http://latviansonline.com/news/article/1109/ . dead . 24 June 2013 . Latvians Online . 27 August 2000 . 3 June 2013 .

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