Arseniy Lavrentyev (russian: Арсений Лаврентьев, born 1 February 1983) is a
Russia
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n-born
Portuguese
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** Portu ...
professional
swimmer
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, specialising in
Open water swimming
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. He competed at the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
London 2012 profile
References
Portuguese male long-distance swimmers
1983 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers of Portugal
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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Portuguese people of Russian descent