Leonid Khokhlov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Leonid Khokhlov

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1980

Place of Birth: Ulyanovsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Leonid Khokhlov

  • Leonid Khokhlov (Russian: ?????? ??????; born June 16, 1980) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
  • He represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later earned a bronze medal in the freestyle relay at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships. Khokhlov competed only in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
  • On the first night of the Games, the Russians were disqualified from the championship final because of an early relay launch from Andrey Kapralov on the lead-off leg.
  • Teaming with Kapralov, Denis Pimankov, and sport legend Alexander Popov on the morning prelims, Khokhlov swam a second leg and recorded a split of 51.02 to post a sixth-seeded time of 3:19.70 for the Russian squad.At the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Khokhlov enjoyed the race of his life in front of a Russian crowd as he shared bronze medals with Kapralov, Pimankov, and Popov in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a time of 3:11.24.

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