Andres Olvik
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Estonia |
| Born |
16 April 1986 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Kalevi Ujumiskool |
Andres Olvik (born April 16, 1986 in Tallinn) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] He set a long-course Estonian record of 2:02.67 in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[2] He also won two gold medals in the same discipline at the 2011 Baltic Swimming Championships in Riga, Latvia.
Olvik qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.12 from Baltic State Multi-Nations Meet in Riga, Latvia.[3] He challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian Květoslav Svoboda of the Czech Republic. He rounded out the field to last place by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind Ukraine's Oleksandr Isakov with a slowest time of 2:03.66. Olvik failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the preliminary heats.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Andres Olvik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "2012 European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 26. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links
- Profile – ESBL (Estonian)
- NBC Olympics Profile