Arseniy Lavrentyev (, born 1 February 1983) is a

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n-born Portuguese professional

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, specialising in

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. He competed at the

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and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

.London 2012 profile

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Portuguese male long-distance swimmers 1983 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Portugal Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Portuguese people of Russian descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-swimming-bio-stub