Viktar Vabishchevich
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| Full name | Viktar Aliaksandravich Vabishchevich | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Belarus | ||||||||||||
| Born |
22 March 1989 Brest, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||
| Club | Army Sports Club Brest | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Viktar Aliaksandravich Vabishchevich (Belarusian: Віктар Аляксандравіч Вабішчэвіч; born March 22, 1989) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He posted a Belarusian record time of 28.03 seconds in the prelims of the men's 50 m breaststroke at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, clocking at 28.62 seconds.[3]
Vabishchevich competed for Belarus in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he won the 100 m breaststroke race with a scintillating 1:02.19 to dip beneath a FINA B-cut (1:03.72) at the Belarus Open Championships in his native Brest.[4] In the 100 m breaststroke, Vabishchevich wound up last and forty-ninth overall to round out the field in heat five with 1:03.29, failing to advance to the semifinals.[5] Vabishchevich also participated in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, along with his teammates Pavel Sankovich, Yauheni Lazuka, and 2004 Olympian Stanislau Neviarouski. Swimming the breaststroke leg, Vabishchevich recorded a split in 1:01.89, but the Belarusian team had to settle for last place with a final time of 3:39.39.[6]
References
- ↑ "Viktar Vabishchevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "2012 European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ Rusticus, Oene (20 July 2007). "European Juniors Take Aim at Championships Meet Records". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 27. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.