Georgi Palazov

Georgi Palazov
Personal information
Full name Georgi Palazov
National team  Bulgaria
Born (1980-02-04) 4 February 1980
Burgas, Bulgaria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly, medley
Club National Sports Academy

Georgi Palazov (Bulgarian: Георги Палазов; born February 4, 1980 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and medley events.[1] He represented Bulgaria at three Olympic Games – 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Palazov achieved his best possible result at the Olympics, when he finished thirty-ninth in the men's 200 m butterfly in 2008, with a time of 2:01.84.[2] Palazov also competed in the men's 400 m individual medley in Sydney, where he set a national record, with a time of 4:35.92, finishing only in fortieth place.[3][4]

In addition to his numerous achievements at the Olympics, Palazov had also set two national records for the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and the other for the 50 m butterfly event at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.

References

  1. "Georgi Palazov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. "Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 216. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

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