Yevgeny Yuryevich Alyoshin (; born 4 May 1979

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

) is a former

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who specialized in backstroke. He competed at the

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and the 2007 World Championships. In November 2010, Aleshin was banned for two years for violation of FINA DC Rule 2.4 (failure to file required whereabouts information and missed tests). He subsequently retired.

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1979 births Russian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Russia Living people Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Doping cases in swimming Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod 20th-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub