Iurii Zakharov Explained

Iurii Zakharov Andreyvich
Fullname:Iurii Zakharov
Strokes:Backstroke, medley
Birth Date:1 December 1985
Birth Place:Andijon, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:690NaN0
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Iurii Zakharov (also Yuriy Zaharov, Russian: Юрий Захаров; born December 1, 1985) is a Kyrgyzstani 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).

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]

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  1. Iurii Zakharov. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053544/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/yury-zakharov-2.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 13 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  3. 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 .
  4. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Individual Medley. PDF. 40. Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1 . . . 23 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062446/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM052900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .