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Place of Birth: Chișinău, Moldova
About Victor Rogut
- Victor Rogut (born February 28, 1979) is a Moldovan former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.
- He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a member of the Moldova Swimming Team. Rogut made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the 400 m freestyle.
- Swimming in heat two, he edged out Turkey's Aytekin Mindan to claim a sixth spot and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) in 4:01.42.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Rogut qualified again for the 400 m freestyle, by achieving a FINA B-standard of 4:01.05 from the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.
- He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including his former rival Mindan and Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev, who later emerged as a top favorite in open water.
- Rogut pulled off another sixth-place finish in the same heat from four years ago in 4:01.68, just 0.24 of a second off his entry time.
- Rogut failed to reach the top 8 final, as he placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.
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