Iurii Zakharov (also ''Yuriy Zaharov'', ; born December 1, 1985) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events. He represented his

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). Zakharov made his first Kyrgyz team, as a 19-year-old, at the

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, where he competed in the men's 200 m backstroke. Swimming in heat one, he recorded the slowest prelims time of the event in 2:10.45 to close out the field of thirty-six swimmers to last place. At the

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, Zakharov qualified this time for the men's 200 m individual medley, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 2:05.43 from the Russian Swimming Championships in

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. He challenged six other swimmers on the first heat, including fellow two-time Olympians

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of Colombia,

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of Latvia, and

Danil Bugakov Danil Bugakov (; born January 29, 1988) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke, freestyle and individual medley events. He won two medals for the 50 m backstroke at the Asian Swimming Championships (2006 in Singapore, and 2009 ...

of Uzbekistan. Zakharov edged out Bugakov to take a sixth spot by three seconds in 2:07.01. Zakharov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.

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1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Andijan Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Kyrgyzstani male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Kyrgyzstani male medley swimmers Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-swimming-bio-stub