Alexey Zinovyev

Aleksey Anatolyevich Zinovyev (also Alexey Zinovyev, Russian: Алексей Анатольевич Зиновьев; born February 15, 1990) is a Russian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He set a meet record (2:14.78) to claim the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, and was eventually selected to the Russian swimming team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on that same year.[2]

Alexey Zinovyev
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Anatolyevich Zinovyev
National team Russia
Born (1990-02-15) 15 February 1990
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Russia
World Junior Championships
2008 Monterrey 200 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
2007 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke

Zinovyev competed as a lone Russian swimmer in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3] One year earlier, he finished with a second-place time in 2:12.48 to dip beneath the FINA A-cut and assure a direct selection to the Russian Olympic team at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[4][5] Swimming in heat five, Zinovyev could not keep his pace from a vastly more sophisticated field to accept the last spot instead in 2:16.40, almost four seconds short of his entry time. Zinovyev failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the prelims.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexey Zinovyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. "World Youth Championships: Dagny Knutson Wins Third Title of Meet". Swimming World Magazine. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. "Определился состав сборной России по плаванию на Олимпиаде-2008" [2008 Russian Olympic swimming team has officially announced] (in Russian). AllSport.ru. 13 June 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. Rusticus, Oene (19 July 2007). "Daniel Gyurta, Emese Kovacs Provide Spark at European Junior Championships". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  5. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 31. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  6. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.


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