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| National team |  Estonia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38) Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kalevi Ujumiskool | |||||||||||||||||
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Andres Olvik (born 16 April 1986) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He represented his nation Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won two gold medals in a backstroke double (100 and 200 m) at the 2011 Baltic Championships in Riga, Latvia. Apart from his medal treasury, he also set a long-course Estonian record in the 200 m backstroke (2:02.67) at the 2012 European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Olvik currently trains for the Estonian national team, while coaching numerous age groups at Kalev Swim School in Tallinn.
Olvik competed for the Estonian team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he raced his way to the top of the field with a solid 2:03.12 to crush the Estonian record and comfortably register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) by about eight tenths of a second at the Baltic State Multi-Nations Meet in Riga, Latvia. Rallying from fifth at the 150-metre turn in heat two, Olvik tried to maintain his pace towards the final stretch, until the host nation China's Deng Jian made a late surge by more than half a second to edge him out to sixth with a 2:03.66. Olvik failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the prelims.
See also
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andres Olvik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- "2012 European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- "Tartus algasid ujumise Eesti meistrivõistlused" [Swimming champs begin in Tartu, Estonia] (in Estonian). Delfi. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 26. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- "Swimming: Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- Höglund, Inga (11 August 2008). "Olviku eesmärk jäi täitmata" [Olvik's goal failed to meet] (in Estonian). Postimees. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
External links
- Andres Olvik at World Aquatics
- Andres Olvik at SwimRankings.net
- Andres Olvik at Olympics.com
- Andres Olvik at Olympedia
- Andres Olvik at ESBL (in Estonian)
- Andres Olvik at NBC Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2012)
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