Rustam Barotovich Kuvatov ( kk, Рустам Баротович Куватов; born November 9, 1977, in
Pavlodar) is a Kazakhstani race walker. He set a personal best time of 1:23:16 by finishing twelfth for the 20 km race walk at the Kazakh national walking championships. Kuvatov made his official debut for the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, where he placed thirty-seventh in the
men's 50 km race walk, with a time of 4:13:40.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
, Kuvatov competed this time for the
men's 20 km race walk. During the competition, he set an early pace and was narrowly ahead in the 4 km lap after the athletes had left the stadium. Reaching the 8 km lap, Kuvatov's strong lead came to an end, as he was passed by several race walkers including
Ivano Brugnetti
Ivano Brugnetti (born 1 September 1976 in Milan) is an Italian former race walker.
Biography
Brugnetti won five medals, at individual level, in international athletics competitions. He participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (2000 ...
of Italy, and
Paquillo Fernández of Spain, both of whom won gold and silver in the previous Olympics. Kuvatov entered the stadium and finished the entire run in forty-second place by ten seconds behind Serbia's
Predrag Filipović, with a time of 1:28:25.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Kazakhstani male racewalkers
Living people
Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Pavlodar
1977 births
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan
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