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Swimming At The 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 29 March (heats and semifinals) and on the evening of 30 March (final) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. 85 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 79 swam. Existing records at the start of the event were: * World record (WR): 2:08.50, Brendan Hansen (USA), 20 August 2006 in Victoria, Canada. * Championship record (CR): 2:09.42, Kosuke Kitajima (Japan), Barcelona 2003 (24 July 2003) Results Finals Semifinals Heats See also *Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke * Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke *Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke The heats for the men's 200 metre breaststroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Laver Arena
Rod Laver Arena is a multipurpose arena located within Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The arena is the main venue for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the calendar year. History Replacing the aging Kooyong Stadium, construction on the arena began in 1985. It was undertaken by Civil & Civic was completed in 1987 at a cost of AU$94 million. It opened on 11 January 1988 for the 1988 Australian Open. Originally known in 1988 as the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park, the arena has officially changed its name twice. First in 1996, when it was known as the Centre Court, and again on 16 January 2000 to honour Rod Laver, a three-time winner of the Australian Open and one of the world's greatest tennis players. Features Rod Laver Arena has a seating capacity of 14,820, with a capacity of 15,400 for sports such as basketball, when extra seats are added around the court, and up to 14,200 for concerts with floor seating. The arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigory Falko
Grigory Alekseevich Falko (russian: Григорий Алексеевич Фалько; born 9 May 1987) is an Olympic and national-record-holding breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He swam for Russia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He swam for Russia at: *Olympics: 2004, 2008 *World Championships: 2005, 2007, 2009 *World University Games: 2007 *European Championships: 2008 *SC Worlds: 2010 *SC Europeans: 2004, 2005, 2007 Falko is married to the Olympic synchronized swimmer Alexandra Patskevich, they have a son Semyon (born 2019). See also *List of Russian records in swimming The Russian records in swimming are the fastest ever performances of swimmers from Russia, which are recognised and ratified by the Russian Swimming Federation (Всероссийская федерация плавания). All records were set ... References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Russian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sławomir Kuczko
Sławomir Kuczko (born 25 June 1985 in Koszalin Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-sta ...) is a Polish swimmer, whose specialty is the breaststroke. He is a European champion, having won the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2006 European Championships. In 2006, he also set the Polish Record in the short-course 200 breaststroke at 2:06.61 at the 2006 Short Course European Championships. from the Polish Swimming Federation. Published 2009-12-31; retrieved 2010-03-18. In 2012, Kuczko represented Poland at the Olympic Games, swimming the 200 m breaststroke. He placed sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Christensen
Chris Christensen (born 2 March 1988) is a Danish swimmer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in the 200 m medley and 200 m breaststroke events and finished in 32nd and 33rd place, respectively. sports-reference.com References 1988 births Olympic swimmers for Denmark ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihail Alexandrov
Mihail Alexandrov ( bg, Михаил Александров) (born April 9, 1985) is an Olympic swimmer from Bulgaria. He swam for Bulgaria at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Alexandrov has been swimming for the USA since 2009. Alexandrov, who has dual Bulgarian/USA citizenship, swam for the USA's Northwestern University from 2003 to 2007,. In March 2007 he set a USA National Record in the 100 yard breaststroke (51.56) at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, while swimming for Northwestern. This was despite the fact that he had not swum internationally for the US at that time and that he was viewed as a Bulgarian swimmer. The USA Swimming rules at the time allowed for the USA National mark to be set by a swimmer who ''could'' represent the US in international competition (his dual citizenship allowed for this) and who at the time of the swim was not representing another country (he was swimming for the country-neutral Northwestern University at the time of the swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Van Aggele
Robin van Aggele (born 30 July 1984 in Hilversum) is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from the Netherlandsvan Aggele's entry from "Who's who" section of Zwemkroniek.com; retrieved 2011-01-20. and the most all-round Dutch swimmer since Marcel Wouda. He was part of the Dutch relay team that set a short-course European Record in the 4×100 m Free Relay (3:09.18) at the 2008 Short Course Worlds, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Kimura
Daisuke Kimura (born 23 August 1981) is a Japanese former breaststroke swimmer. Kimura was a 200-metre breaststroke silver medalist behind Kosuke Kitajima at both the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games, but got the better of the Olympic champion to win the 2006 national title. He won a bronze medal for the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and swam in two FINA World Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ar .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Daisuke 1981 births Living people Japanese male breaststroke swimmers Universiade silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dale Oen
Alexander Dale Oen (; 21 May 198530 April 2012) was a Norwegian swimmer. He represented the clubs Vestkantsvømmerne (1995–2010) and Bærumsvømmerne (2011–2012). Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship. Dale Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh in the 100-metre breaststroke during the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. During the European short-course Championships in December the same year, he swam the 100 m breaststroke in 59.05 seconds, placing fourth and setting a new Nordic Record. He became the first Norwegian to swim this distance in less than 1 minute. At the Norwegian Short Course Championships two months later, he bettered that time to 58.81, a world best mark for the year. On 30 April 2012, at around 19:50 MST Dale Oen was found unconscious in his hotel bathroom after having suffered a heart attack, caused by chronic, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lai Zhongjian
Lai Zhongjian (born January 28, 1988) is a Chinese swimmer who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... Major achievements *2004 National Championships - 1st 200 m breast; *2004 Olympic Games - 14th 200 m breast References *http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/797 1988 births Living people Olympic swimmers for China People from Guigang Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Guangxi Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Chinese male breaststroke swimmers 20th-century Chinese people 21st-century Chinese sportspeople {{PRChina-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Borysik
Ihor Borysyk (born June 2, 1984) is a retired Ukrainian swimmer. He was born in Simferopol. At the 2009 Ukraine National Cup, he swam a time of 58.67 seconds in a 100-meter breaststroke time-trial, a result that was under the world record at the time. However, it was denied world record status by FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ..., as adequate doping control was not performed on Borysyk the day of the swim. References External linksBEST sports – Profile 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Simferopol Ukrainian male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Ukraine Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ovchinnikov
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
