Alexandr Tarabrin (also ''Aleksandr'', kk, Александр Тарабрин; born 24 April 1985) is a Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer. He is a former member of the swimming team for Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education, and is coached and trained by Azabat Sarbasov in

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. Tarabrin qualified for two swimming events at the

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, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 54.85 (100 m backstroke) and 2:00.75 (200 m backstroke) from the Russian Championships in

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. On 18 July 2012, IOC had approved his legal nationality transfer from Russia in order for him to be eligible and represent

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at these games. In the

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, Tarabrin challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veterans George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago and Omar Pinzón of Colombia. He raced to sixth place and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind South Korea's

Park Seon-Kwan Park Seon-Kwan (also ''Park Seon-Gwan'', ko, 박선관; born January 16, 1991, in Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 400 m f ...

in 55.55. In the 200 m backstroke, Tarabrin touched out another South Korean swimmer

Park Hyung-Joo Park Hyung-Joo (also ''Park Hyeong-Ju'', ko, 박 형주; born July 16, 1995, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Park qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged ...

to repeat a sixth-place finish in the same heat by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.22. Tarabrin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1985 births Living people Kazakhstani male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kazakhstan Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Volgograd Swimmers from Almaty Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen Military World Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Military World Games medalists in swimming {{Kazakhstan-swimming-bio-stub