Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov (russian: Николай Валерьевич Скворцов; born 28 March 1984 in

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, who won a silver and a bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in

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. He swam for Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he finished in seventh place in the 200 fly. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he swam in the 100m and 200m butterfly and the 4 × 100 m medley relay, finishing in 20th, 8th and 4th respectively. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he swam in the same three events, finishing in 10th, 14th and 12th respectively.

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* 1984 births Living people Russian male swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub