Viktar Vabishchevich

Viktar Aliaksandravich Vabishchevich (Belarusian: Віктар Аляксандравіч Вабішчэвіч; born March 22, 1989) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He posted a Belarusian record time of 28.03 seconds in the prelims of the men's 50 m breaststroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, clocking at 28.62 seconds.[3]

Viktar Vabishchevich
Personal information
Full nameViktar Aliaksandravich Vabishchevich
National team Belarus
Born (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989
Brest, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubArmy Sports Club Brest
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Belarus
European Junior Championships
2007 Antwerp50 m breaststroke

Vabishchevich competed for Belarus in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he won the 100 m breaststroke race with a scintillating 1:02.19 to dip beneath a FINA B-cut (1:03.72) at the Belarus Open Championships in his native Brest.[4] In the 100 m breaststroke, Vabishchevich wound up last and forty-ninth overall to round out the field in heat five with 1:03.29, failing to advance to the semifinals.[5] Vabishchevich also participated in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, along with his teammates Pavel Sankovich, Yauheni Lazuka, and 2004 Olympian Stanislau Neviarouski. Swimming the breaststroke leg, Vabishchevich recorded a split in 1:01.89, but the Belarusian team had to settle for last place with a final time of 3:39.39.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktar Vabishchevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. "2012 European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. Rusticus, Oene (20 July 2007). "European Juniors Take Aim at Championships Meet Records". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 27. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  6. "Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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