Yauhen Mikalaevich Tsurkin (Belarusian: Яўген Мікалаевіч Цуркін; Łacinka: Jaŭhien Mikałajevič Curkin; born 9 November 1990) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1][2]
 Tsurkin at the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yauhen Mikalaevich Tsurkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1990 Homel, Belarusian SSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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He won a bronze medal in the 50 m butterfly at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, in a new Belarusian record time of 23.37 seconds.[3]
Tsurkin qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as a member of the Belarusian swimming team, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by attaining a B-standard entry time of 49.62 seconds at the European Championships.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers in the fourth heat, including British-born Paraguayan swimmer Benjamin Hockin. Tsurkin edged out sixth-place finisher Gabriel Melconian Alvez of Uruguay by fifteen hundredths of a second (0.15), slower than his qualifying time of 50.53 seconds. Tsurkin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth out of 60 swimmers in the preliminaries.[6]
At the 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France, Tsurkin lowered his national record time to 22.73 seconds, but was narrowly beaten by France's Frédérick Bousquet for top seeding in the semifinals of the men's 50 m butterfly.[7]
He won the 50 m butterfly at the 2014 European Championships.[8]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 50 m butterfly and the 100 m freestyle, but did not progress from the heats in either event.[2] His wife, Aliaksandra Herasimenia, won a bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle in Rio.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Yauhen Tsurkin". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yauhen Tsurkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "European Long Course Championships: Close Calls, Fast Times On Second Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "2012 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 100m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "European Short Course Championships: Hannah Miley, Rikke Møller Pedersen set Euro records on last night of Euro short course champs". Swimming World Magazine. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Yauhen Tsurkin | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
External links
edit- Yauhen Tsurkin at World Aquatics
- Yauhen Tsurkin at Swimrankings.net
- Yauhen Tsurkin at Olympedia
- Yauhen Tsurkin at Olympics.com
- NBC 2012 Olympics profile at archive.today (archived 11 April 2013)
