Yevgeny Petrashov (born September 4, 1974) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), and a former Kyrgyzstan record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke.

Biography

His son is Olympic swimmer

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. Petrashov made his first Kyrgyz team at the

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. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in the men's 100 m breaststroke, finishing in forty-second place with a time of 1:07.44. He also placed twenty-first, as a member of the Kyrgyzstan team, in the medley relay (3:56.24). On his second Olympic appearance in Sydney 2000, Petrashov fell to last place and fifty-ninth overall in heat four of the 100 m breaststroke by a 3.30-second margin behind joint winners

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of Puerto Rico and

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of Latvia, finishing the race at 1:07.32. Petrashov swam for his third time in the 100 m breaststroke at the

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. He achieved a FINA B-standard of 1:04.82 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Madagascar's

Jean Luc Razakarivony Jean Luc Razakarivony (born September 10, 1975) is a Malagasy former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a multiple-time Malagasy record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, an ...

, who also competed in the same number of Games. He earned a seventh spot by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind Razakarivony in 1:07.78. Petrashov ended his third and final Olympic stint with a fifty-fifth-place effort on the first day of preliminaries. Petrashov currently serves as the head coach of Kyrgyzstan's swimming squad.

Major Results

Individual

Relay

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrashov, Yevgeny 1974 births Living people Kyrgyzstani male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan