Aleksandr Tkachev (russian: Александр Ткачев; born 11 November 1972) is a

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i former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He collected a total of three medals, one gold and two silver, at the

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(1995 and 1997), and later represented his adopted nation

at the

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. Tkachev established his swimming history, as a member of the Russian squad, at the

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, where he captured two swimming medals: a gold in the 200 m breaststroke (2:14.69), and silver in the 100 m breaststroke (1:03.38, narrowly lost to host nation's Akira Hayashi by more than half a second). On that same year, he helped the Russians capture a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the FINA Short Course World Championships in

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. Two years later, at the

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in Messina, Italy, Tkachev earned his second career silver in the sprint breaststroke (1:02.77), handing an entire medal haul for Russia with a one–two finish, alongside

Stanislav Lopukhov Stanislav Yuryevich Lopukhov (russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Лопухо́в; born 27 November 1972, Kaluga) is a retired men's breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay at the 19 ...

. At the

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, Tkachev transferred his Russian citizenship status to compete for the

squad, swimming only in two events. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:21.90 from the Russian National Championships in Moscow. In the 200 m breaststroke, Tkachev failed to reach the top 8 final, as he finished his semifinal run with a time of 2:16.90. Earlier in the prelims, he made a surprise packet with a fifteenth-place time of 2:15.63, a Kyrgyzstan record, from a small field of five swimmers in heat two. Three days later, Tkachev teamed up with fellow Russian imports

Aleksandr Shilin Aleksandr Shilin (russian: Александр Шилин; born February 2, 1976) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and sprint backstroke events. He represented his adopted nation Kyrgyzstan ...

Konstantin Ushkov Konstantin Ushkov (russian: Константин Ушков ; born August 2, 1977) is a retired butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in freestyle relay. He also competed for Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summe ...

, and

Sergey Ashihmin Sergey Ashihmin (russian: Серге́й Ашихмин; is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Kyrgyzstan record holder in the 50 and 100 ...

in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat one, Tkachev recorded a split of 1:03.69, a slowest in the field, but a diverse Kyrgyzstan team settled for seventh place and nineteenth overall in a final time of 3:46.70.

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* 1972 births Living people Kyrgyzstani male breaststroke swimmers Russian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub