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Place of Birth: Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
About Alexey Kovrigin
- Aleksey Sergeyevich Kovrigin (also Alexey Kovrigin, Russian: ??????? ?????´???? ????????; born July 7, 1981) is a Russian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events.
- He is a three-time Russian swimming (2000, 2001, and 2004) in the 400 m individual medley, and a current president of the Krasnoyarsk Swimming Federation.
- He is also a graduate of physical education at Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University. Kovrigin made his first Russian team, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
- There, he failed to advance into the final in any of his individual events, finishing seventeenth in the 400 m individual medley (4:22.21), and twenty-second in the 1500 m freestyle (15:30.69).At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kovrigin shortened his program by qualifying only for the men's 400 m individual medley.
- He placed second behind his teammate Igor Berezutskiy from the Russian Championships in Moscow, clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 4:20.07.
- He challenged seven other swimmers on the final heat of five, including top medal favorite Michael Phelps of the United States.
- He rounded out the field to last place by 0.57 of a second behind Berezutskiy in 4:23.77.
- Kovrigin failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fourth overall on the first day of preliminaries.
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