Andrei Mihailov (born October 31, 1980) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a member of the Moldova Swimming Team. Mihailov's Olympic debut came at the

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. Swimming in heat one of the men's 200 m backstroke, he edged out Bulgaria's

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to take a second spot and thirty-eighth overall by 0.63 of a second in 2:06.67. At the

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, Mihailov qualified again for the 200 m backstroke. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:06.12 from the Russian Open Championships in

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. Swimming in the same heat as Sydney, he raced again to second place by 0.68 of a second behind Finland's

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in 2:06.97. Mihailov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.

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1980 births Living people Moldovan male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Moldova Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Tiraspol {{Moldova-swimming-bio-stub