Pavel Sankovich
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| Full name | Pavel Paulavich Sankovich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 June 1990 Grodno, Belarusian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SK VS Minsk (BLR)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Florida State Seminoles (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Henadziy Vishniakou (BLR)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pavel Paulavich Sankovich (Belarusian: Павел Паўлавіч Санковіч; born 29 June 1990) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint backstroke and butterfly events.[1][2] He won two bronze medals in the sprint backstroke events (both 50 and 100 m) at the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland.[3][4] Sankovich is also a member of the swimming team for SK VS Minsk, and is coached and trained by Henadziy Vishniakou.[1]
Sankovich made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he qualified for two swimming events. He broke a Belarusian record and cleared a FINA B-cut of 56.10 from the national championships in Minsk.[5] In the 100 m backstroke, Sankovich challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympians Örn Arnarson of Iceland, and Eduardo Germán Otero of Argentina. He came only in second by 0.28 of a second behind Colombia's Omar Pinzón with a time of 55.39 seconds. Sankovich failed to qualify for the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth out of 45 swimmers in the preliminaries.[6] Few days later, he joined with fellow swimmers and teammates Yauheni Lazuka, Viktar Vabishchevich, and two-time Olympian Stanislau Neviarouski for the men's 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the backstroke leg, Sankovich recorded a time of 55.11 seconds, and the Belarusian team went on to finish the heats in sixteenth place, for a total time of 3:39.39.[7]
Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Sankovich qualified for his second Belarusian team, as a 22-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 54.56 in the men's 100 m backstroke.[8][9] He won the third heat of his respective event by 0.17 of a second behind Italy's Mirco di Tora, smashing a new Belarusian record of 54.53 seconds. Sankovich narrowly missed a spot in the semifinals by one hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Olympic veteran Aristeidis Grigoriadis, placing eighteenth out of 43 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[10] In the 100 m butterfly, Sankovich finished the race in thirty-fourth overall by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry with a time of 53.47 seconds.[11]
In January 2013, Sankovich attended the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he trained and joined with the swimming and diving team for the Florida State Seminoles.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pavel Sankovich". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Pavel Sankovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "European Short Course Championships: Daniel Gyurta Clocks Textile Best in 200 Breast; Mireia Belmonte Garcia Smokes 400 IM". Swimming World Magazine. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "European Short Course Championships: Jeanette Ottesen Has Impressive Day". Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 23. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Swimmer Pavel Sankovich qualifies for 2012 Olympics". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 3". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Herdt, Layne (26 March 2013). "The Belarusian Bullet". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 9 April 2013.