Danil Haustov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Danil Haustov

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1980

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Danil Haustov

  • Danil Haustov (born December 13, 1980) is an Estonian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
  • He set an Estonian record of 1:27.06, as a relay swimmer, in the 4×50 m freestyle at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
  • Haustov is also a member of Kohtla-Järve Water Sport Club in Tallinn, and is coached and trained by Aleksandr Abel. Haustov made his first Estonian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
  • He qualified for two swimming events by attaining B-standard entry times of 23.08 (50 m freestyle) and 50.42 (100 m freestyle).
  • In the 100 m freestyle, Haustov raced to sixth place on the fifth heat and thirty-fifth overall by 0.35 of a second behind Finland's Matti Rajakylä in a time of 51.02.
  • In his second event, 50 m freestyle, Haustov set his personal best of 23.52 seconds, but rounded out the sixth heat to last place and forty-ninth overall by 0.02 of a second behind Chinese Taipei's Wang Shao-an.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Haustov qualified for the second time in the 100 m freestyle by clearing a FINA B-cut of 50.37 from the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  • He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including Kenya's Jason Dunford and Papua New Guinea's Ryan Pini, both of whom later reached the butterfly final.
  • Haustov rounded out the field to last place by 0.18 of a second behind Romania's Norbert Trandafir in 50.92 seconds, just a tenth of a second off his time set in Athens.
  • Haustov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first out of 64 swimmers in the prelims.

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