Grigoriy Matuzkov

Grigoriy Matuzkov (Kazakh: Григорий Матузков; born May 2, 1971) is a Kazakh former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] At only 29 years of age, Matuzkov represented Kazakhstan in his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and spent four years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1997–2001) training for the Flamengo Swim Club (Portuguese: Clube de Regatas do Flamengo).[2]

Grigoriy Matuzkov
Personal information
Full nameGrigoriy Matuzkov
National team Kazakhstan
Born (1971-05-02) 2 May 1971
Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
ClubClube de Regatas do Flamengo (BRA)

Matuzkov competed in a medley double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved FINA B-standards of 2:07.62 (200 m individual medley) and 4:34.69 (400 m individual medley) from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[3][4] On the second day of the Games, Matuzkov placed thirty-ninth in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat two, he picked up a sixth seed by 0.16 of a second behind Mexico's Juan Veloz in 4:31.89.[5][6] Three days later, in the 200 m individual medley, Matuzkov held off a challenge from Bahamas' Jeremy Knowles to lead the second heat in a Kazakh record of 2:05.45. Matuzkov's best time was not enough to put him through to the semifinals, as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the prelims.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grigoriy Matuzkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. "Flamengo e Vasco brigam pelo título estadual de nataçao" [Flamengo and Vasco fight for the state title in swimming] (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 10 November 1999. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 315. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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