Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sadovnikov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Садовников; born 21 September 1996) is a Russian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in butterfly. He qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio de Janeiro in the 100 meter butterfly, where he finished 8th in the final with a time of 51.84, just 0.70 seconds off of a bronze medal.

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* 1996 births Living people Russian male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Volgograd FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub