Anatoly Sergeyevich Polyakov (russian: Анатолий Серге́евич Поляков; born May 10, 1980) is a

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from

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, who won a bronze in the men's 200 metres butterfly event at the 2004 European Championships in

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. He represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in 2000. In 2007 Polyakov was suspended for two years after he failed a

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for

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doping.Russian swimmer banned for 2 years for testing positive for steroids sports.espn.go.com 28 June 2007
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* * 1980 births Living people Russian male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Doping cases in swimming Sportspeople from the Komi Republic {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub