Vadim Alexeev

Vadim Alexeev (Russian: Вадим Алексеев; אדים אלכסייב ; born April 21, 1970) is a retired world-class Soviet/Israeli Olympic breaststroke swimmer.[1][2] Alexeev was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. He is Jewish, and emigrated to Israel in 1992.[1][3] He speaks Russian.[1]

Career

Alexeev set a world record while swimming in the Soviet Union. He held Soviet and Israeli records in the 1990s.[2]

He won the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke races at the 1986 European Junior Championships.[3]

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he took sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.7.[3] In 1989 he set the Soviet record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.11); it was the third-fastest time in the world that year.[3] That year he was one of the two fastest swimmers in Europe.[4] In 1990, he won a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in the 100-meter breastroke.[5]

Alexeev swam for the post-Soviet Unified Team at the Olympics in 1992.[1] At the 1994 World Championship, he set the Israeli record in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:15.47).[6] In 1995, he set the Israeli record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.52).[3]

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he swam for Israel.[7] There, he swam the four-man 4x100 meter medley with Yoav Bruck, Eitan Urbach, and Dan Kutler.[8] The team reached the final, taking eighth place.[3] He retired after the Olympics.[6]

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tom Be'eri beat Alexeev's prior Israeli record in the men's 100-meter butterfly by one-tenth of a second (at 1:02.42).[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Synchro team strength wows Cabinet members". USA Today. July 20, 1996. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hipsh, Rami (February 23, 2011). "Swimming / Jaben again tests positive for drugs, forfeits Beijing ticket". Haaretz. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eBI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=waULAAAAIBAJ&pg=6556,640176&dq=vadim-alexeev+swimmer&hl=en
  5. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kLREAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DbYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2298,1940027&dq=vadim-alexeev+swimmer&hl=en
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Uc_Hilal". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  7. ↑ Brown, Cameron S. "Sporting heroes for Israel's 60th anniversary: No. 57". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  8. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2DkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874,2120175&dq=vadim+alexeyev+jewish&hl=en
  9. ↑ Hipsh, Rami. "Beijing Olympics / Israel shows its mettle even without a medal". Haaretz. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

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