| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Soviet Union, Israel |
| Born | April 11, 1970 Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | breaststroke |
Vadim Alekseyev ( Hebrew: ודים אלכסייב, Russian: Вадим Алексеев ; born April 11, 1970 [1]) is a retired Olympic breaststroke swimmer who competed for first the Soviet Union, then Israel. [2] [3] Alexeev was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. He is Jewish, and immigrated to Israel in 1992. [2] [4] He speaks Russian. [2]
Career
Alekseyev held Soviet and Israeli records in the 1990s. [3]
He won the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke races at the 1986 European Junior Championships. [4]
At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he took sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.7. [4] In 1989 he set the Soviet record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.11); it was the third-fastest time in the world that year. [4] That year he was one of the two fastest swimmers in Europe. [5] In 1990, he won a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in the 100-meter breastroke. [6]
At the 1994 World Championship, he set the Israeli record in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:15.47). [7] In 1995, he set the Israeli record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.52). [4]
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he swam for Israel. [8] There, he swam the four-man 4x100 meter medley with Yoav Bruck, Eitan Urbach, and Dan Kutler. [9] The team reached the final, taking eighth place. [4]
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tom Be'eri beat Alekseyev's prior Israeli record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke by one-tenth of a second (at 1:02.42). [10]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vadim Alekseyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ a b c "Synchro team strength wows Cabinet members". USA Today. July 20, 1996. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ a b Hipsh, Rami (February 23, 2011). "Swimming / Jaben again tests positive for drugs, forfeits Beijing ticket". Haaretz. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Daily Union - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Uc_Hilal". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ Brown, Cameron S. (4 March 2008). "Sporting heroes for Israel's 60th anniversary: No. 57". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "The Jewish Post & News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Hipsh, Rami. "Beijing Olympics / Israel shows its mettle even without a medal". Haaretz. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
External links
- Vadim Alekseyev at World Aquatics
- Vadim Alekseyev at SwimRankings.net
- Vadim Alekseyev at Olympics.com
- Vadim Alekseyev at Olympedia
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Soviet male breaststroke swimmers
- Kazakhstani male breaststroke swimmers
- Israeli male breaststroke swimmers
- Israeli people of Kazakhstani-Jewish descent
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Olympic swimmers for Israel
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Jewish swimmers
- Soviet Jews
- Kazakhstani Jews
- Kazakhstani emigrants to Israel
- Israeli Jews
- Swimmers from Almaty
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games