Alexandru Ivlev (born 7 February 1981) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He is a two-time Olympian, and a member of the swimming team for Olimpia Chişinău. Ivlev's Olympic debut came at the

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. There, he established a personal best of 57.91 to top the first heat of the men's 100 m backstroke, but finished only in thirty-eighth place. At the

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in Athens, Ivlev qualified again for the

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by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.39 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow. Unlike his first Olympics, Ivlev raced to third place on the same heat by 0.21 of a second behind Kazakhstan's

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in 1:00.13. Ivlev failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.

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1981 births Living people Moldovan male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Moldova Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Male backstroke swimmers Sportspeople from Chișinău {{Moldova-swimming-bio-stub