Vadim Tatarov

Vadim Tatarov
Personal information
Full name Vadim Tatarov
National team  Moldova
Born (1971-05-03) 3 May 1971
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Moldova Swimming Team

Vadim Tatarov (born May 3, 1971) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Moldovan record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke.

Tatarov made his Olympic debut, as a 25-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirtieth in the 100 m breaststroke (1:04.87), and twenty-eighth in the 200 m breaststroke (2:21.34).[2][3]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Tatarov swam only in the 100 m breaststroke. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:05.53 from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.[4] He established a Moldovan record of 1:04.12 to power past the entire field with an unexpected triumph in heat three, coming from an outside lane. Tatarov's first-place effort was not sufficiently enough to put him through the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Vadim Tatarov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 48. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 50. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 240. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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