Aleksey Vladimirovich Zatsepin (also ''Alexei Zatsepine'', russian: Алексей Владимирович Зацепин; born 5 May 1984) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He is a five-time Russian champion in freestyle relays and individual medley (2000–2005). He also won a gold medal, as a member of the Russian team, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:28.25) at the

2002 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2002 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 11–14 July 2002 in Linz, Austria. Medal table Medal summary Boy's events , - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m freestyle ...

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. Zatsepin qualified for two swimming events at the

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, by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:02.15 (200 m individual medley) from the Russian Championships in

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. He also teamed up with Maksim Kuznetsov, Yevgeniy Natsvin, and Stepan Ganzey in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the second leg, Zatsepin recorded a split of 1:51.75, and the Russian team finished the heats in eleventh overall with a final time of 7:23.97. In his only individual event, 200 m individual medley, Zatsepine challenged seven other swimmers on the final heat of seven, including top medal favorite Michael Phelps of the United States. He rounded out the field to last place by nearly two seconds behind Australia's

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in 2:04.11. Zatsepine failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries. Zatsepin retired from his sporting career in 2005 to serve as an assistant coach for the swimming team at Kama State Institute of Physical Culture in his home town Naberezhnye Chelny.

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Profile – Info Sport Russia

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1984 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian male freestyle swimmers Russian male medley swimmers Sportspeople from Naberezhnye Chelny {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub