Alexandr Tarabrin

Alexandr Tarabrin (also Aleksandr, Kazakh: Александр Тарабрин; born 24 April 1985) is a Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer.[1][2] He is a former member of the swimming team for Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education, and is coached and trained by Azabat Sarbasov in Almaty.[1]

Alexandr Tarabrin
Personal information
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
Volgograd, Russia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
College teamVolgograd State Academy
(RUS)[1]
CoachAzamat Sarbasov (KAZ)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Military World Games
2015 Mungyeong100 m backstroke

Tarabrin qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 54.85 (100 m backstroke) and 2:00.75 (200 m backstroke) from the Russian Championships in Moscow.[3][4] On 18 July 2012, IOC had approved his legal nationality transfer from Russia in order for him to be eligible and represent Kazakhstan at these games.[5]

In the 100 m backstroke, Tarabrin challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veterans George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago and Omar Pinzón of Colombia. He raced to sixth place and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind South Korea's Park Seon-Kwan in 55.55.[6] In the 200 m backstroke, Tarabrin touched out another South Korean swimmer Park Hyung-Joo to repeat a sixth-place finish in the same heat by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.22. Tarabrin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.[7]

References
  1. "Alexandr Tarabrin". London 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Tarabrin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  4. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. "IOC Approves Nine Nationality Changes Shortly Before 2012 London Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  7. "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.


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