Andrey Kvassov ( kk, Андрей Квассов; born January 16, 1976) is a Kazakhstani-Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a top 16 finalist at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. Kvassov made his official debut for

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

at the

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. He failed to reach the top 16 final in the

400 m freestyle 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

, finishing twenty-sixth in a time of 4:00.69. A member of the Kyrgyzstan team, he also placed eighteenth in the freestyle relay (3:30.62), and seventeenth in the freestyle relay (8:00.00). At the

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, Kvassov competed only in two swimming events. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 1:53.76 (200 m freestyle) from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. On the first day of the Games, Kvassov placed twenty-first for the Kazakhstan team in the freestyle relay. Teaming with

Sergey Borisenko Sergey Borisenko (russian: Сергей Борисенко; born May 28, 1971) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). His bes ...

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, and Igor Sitnikov in heat three, Kvassov swam a second leg and recorded a split of 52.25, but the Kazakhs settled only for last place in a final time of 3:28.90. The following day, in the 200 m freestyle, Kvassov placed forty-eighth on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat two, he touched out Cyprus'

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for a seventh seed by almost a full body length in 1:55.72. Two years later, at the

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, Kvassov failed to medal in any of his individual events, finishing sixteenth in the

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(24.13), and tenth in the

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(52.27).

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