Vyacheslav Titarenko

Vyacheslav Titarenko
Personal information
Full name Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Titarenko
National team  Kazakhstan
Born (1978-06-08) 8 June 1978
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Titarenko (Kazakh: Вячеслав Владимирович Титаренко; born June 8, 1978) is a Kazakh former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a top 16 finalist in the 100 m butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea (58.22).[2]

Titarenko qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as Kazakhstan's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He achieved a FINA B-standard of 51.91 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[3] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including five-time Olympian Carl Probert of Fiji. He raced to sixth place in 52.09, just 0.18 of a second off his entry time. Titarenko failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.[4][5]

References

  1. "Vyacheslav Titarenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. "Asian Games: Japan, China Win Three Apiece on Day Four". Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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