Aleksey Sergeyevich Kovrigin (also ''Alexey Kovrigin'', russian: Алексей Серге́евич Ковригин; born 7 July 1981) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He is a three-time Russian swimming (2000, 2001, and 2004) in the 400 m individual medley, and a current president of the Krasnoyarsk Swimming Federation. He is also a graduate of physical education at Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University.
Kovrigin made his first Russian team, at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney. There, he failed to advance into the final in any of his individual events, finishing seventeenth in the
400 m individual medley (4:22.21), and twenty-second in the
1500 m freestyle (15:30.69).
At the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, Kovrigin shortened his program by qualifying only for the
men's 400 m individual medley. He placed second behind his teammate
Igor Berezutskiy from the Russian Championships in
Moscow
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, clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 4:20.07. He challenged seven other swimmers on the final heat of five, including top medal favorite
Michael Phelps
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of the United States. He rounded out the field to last place by 0.57 of a second behind Berezutskiy in 4:23.77. Kovrigin failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fourth overall on the first day of preliminaries.
References
External links
Profile – Info Sport RussiaProfile – News Lab
1981 births
Living people
Olympic swimmers for Russia
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Russian male freestyle swimmers
Russian male medley swimmers
Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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