Andrei Cross (born 2 June 1984) is a Barbadian former swimmer, who specialized in the breaststroke events. Cross represented his nation

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at the

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, and in two editions of the

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(2002 and 2006), establishing a national record of 29.24 in the 50 m breaststroke. During his swimming career, Cross was affiliated with

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, the sports organization of

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, under the tutelage of head coach Mark Skimming. Cross competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the

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. Leading up to the Games, he cleared the FINA-B entry standard time in 1:03.64 to assure his selection to the Olympic team at the 2007 Maribor Open in

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. Swimming in heat three of the evening prelims, Cross held off his fast pace over Uzbekistan's Ivan Demyanenko to save the penultimate spot from the eight-swimmer field by 0.17 seconds. Cross' time of 1:04.57 was not good enough to put him through to the semifinals, finishing only in fifty-fifth place overall. He works as a manager facility at Barbados Amateur Swimming Association.

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* * * * * * * 1984 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bath Barbadian expatriate sportspeople in England Barbadian male swimmers Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic swimmers for Barbados Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Barbados Male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Bridgetown Team Bath swimmers {{Barbados-swimming-bio-stub