Aleksandr Baldin (born August 31, 1984) is an Estonian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a 15-time long-course Estonian swimming champion in the breaststroke (50, 100, and 200), and a member of SK Garant in Tallinn, under the tutelage of his personal coach Dmitri Kapelin. Baldin also represented his nation Estonia in a breaststroke double at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Baldin |
| National team |  Estonia |
| Born | 31 August 1984 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | SK Garant |
| Coach | Dmitri Kapelin |
Baldin qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 1:04.50 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:16.73 (200 m breaststroke) from the Russian Championships in Moscow.[2][3] In the 100 m breaststroke, Baldin raced to seventh place and forty-ninth overall on the third heat by half a second (0.50) behind Cyprus' Kyriakos Dimosthenous in 1:06.04.[4][5] In the 200 m breaststroke, Baldin challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat, including Olympic veterans Ratapong Sirisanont of Thailand and Daniel Málek of the Czech Republic. Baldin took a sixth spot in his heat by 0.43 of a second behind Malek in 2:17.90. Baldin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]
References
External links
- Aleksander Baldin at ESBL (in Estonian)
- Aleksander Baldin at Olympics.com
- Aleksander Baldin at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksander Baldin at Olympedia
