Andrey Morkovin

Andrey Morkovin
Personal information
Full name Andrey Morkovin
National team  Uzbekistan
Born (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 12 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

Andrey Morkovin (Uzbek: Андрей Морковин; born April 9, 1985) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Morkovin qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:18.76 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria. He raced to fifth place by seven tenths of a second (0.70) behind Algeria's Sofiane Daid in 2:18.48. Morkovin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Andrey Morkovin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men’s 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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