Andres Olvik (born 16 April 1986) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has won two gold medals in a backstroke double (100 and 200 m) at the 2011 Baltic Championships in

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. Apart from his medal treasury, he also set a long-course Estonian record in the 200 m backstroke (2:02.67) at the 2012 European Championships in

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. Olvik currently trains for the Estonian national team, while coaching numerous age groups at Kalev Swim School in

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. Olvik competed for the Estonian team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the

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. Leading up to the Games, he raced his way to the top of the field with a solid 2:03.12 to crush the Estonian record and comfortably register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) by about eight tenths of a second at the Baltic State Multi-Nations Meet in

. Rallying from fifth at the 150-metre turn in heat two, Olvik tried to maintain his pace towards the final stretch, until the host nation China's Deng Jian made a late surge by more than half a second to edge him out to sixth with a 2:03.66. Olvik failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the prelims.

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* * * 1986 births Living people Estonian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Estonia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Tallinn Estonian swimming coaches 21st-century Estonian sportsmen {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub

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