Leonid Khokhlov

Leonid Khokhlov
Personal information
Full name Leonid Khokhlov
National team  Russia
Born (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980
Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club CSKA Sports Club

Leonid Khokhlov (Russian: Леонид Хохлов; born June 16, 1980) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later earned a bronze medal in the freestyle relay at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships.

Khokhlov competed only in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] On the first night of the Games, the Russians were disqualified from the championship final because of an early relay launch from Andrey Kapralov on the lead-off leg.[3] Teaming with Kapralov, Denis Pimankov, and sport legend Alexander Popov on the morning prelims, Khokhlov swam a second leg and recorded a split of 51.02 to post a sixth-seeded time of 3:19.70 for the Russian squad.[4][5][6]

At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Khokhlov enjoyed the race of his life in front of a Russian crowd as he shared bronze medals with Kapralov, Pimankov, and Popov in the 4×100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.24.[7]

References

  1. "Leonid Khokhlov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Finals (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 335. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (16 September 2000). "Olympic Day 1 Prelims (Complete)". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. Lord, Craig (3 April 2002). "Moscow Report: China Sets World Record, Benko Sets American mark, Keller Wins Two at World Short Course Champs". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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