Alexandr Tarabrin
Tarabrin at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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
Silver medal – second place2015 Mungyeong100 m backstroke

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]

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. 1 2 3 4 "Alexandr Tarabrin". London 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.{{cite web}}: 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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