Aleksandr Agafonov ( uz, Александр Агафонов; born 22 April 1975) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a two-time swimmer at the

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(2002 and 2006), and a former Uzbekistani age group record holder in the 100 and 200 m freestyle. Agafonov made his official debut at the

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, where he competed as a member of the Uzbekistan team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Teaming with Vyacheslav Kabanov, Dmitry Pankov, and

Oleg Tsvetkovskiy Oleg Nikolayevich Tsvetkovskiy ( uz, Олег Николаевич Цветковский; born May 27, 1970) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events. He represented Uzbekistan in two editions of ...

, Agafonov swam the second leg in heat two with a split of 1:56.44, but the Uzbeks settled for fourth place and twelfth overall in a final time of 7:40.60. At the

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, Agafonov competed as an individual swimmer in the

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. Swimming in heat three, he picked up a third seed and fifty-fourth overall by 0.36 of a second behind winner

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of Uruguay in 52.58. Agafonov swam for his second time in the

at the

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. He achieved a FINA B-standard of 52.10 from the Russian Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 28-year-old Željko Panić of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He raced to fourth place by 0.17 of a second behind Panic in 52.92. Agafonov ended his third Olympic stint with a fifty-seventh-place effort in the preliminaries.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agafonov, Aleksandr 1975 births Living people Uzbekistani male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Uzbekistan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Sportspeople from Tashkent 21st-century Uzbekistani people