Victor Rogut Explained

Victor Rogut
Fullname:Victor Rogut
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Moldova Swimming Team
Birth Date:28 February 1979
Birth Place:Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
Height:1.720NaN0
Weight:620NaN0
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Victor Rogut (born 28 February 1979) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a member of the Moldova Swimming Team.

Rogut made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, he edged out Turkey's Aytekin Mindan to claim a sixth spot and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) in 4:01.42.[2] [3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Rogut qualified again for the 400 m freestyle, by achieving a FINA B-standard of 4:01.05 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.[4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including his former rival Mindan and Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev, who later emerged as a top favorite in open water. Rogut pulled off another sixth-place finish in the same heat from four years ago in 4:01.68, just 0.24 of a second off his entry time. Rogut failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Victor Rogut. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025040/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/victor-rogut-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 3 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 2 . . . 132 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  3. News: Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM. https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. 28 May 2013.
  4. Web site: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
  5. News: Thomas. Stephen. Men's 400 Freestyle Prelims: Hackett Edges Thorpe, Qualifies First for Final; Jensen and Keller Easily Through. Swimming World Magazine. 14 August 2004. 27 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130411213337/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7785.asp. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.