claim: Dev Patel has worked with Angela Merkel.
evidence: Aleksey Sergeyevich Kovrigin -LRB- also Alexey Kovrigin , Алексеи Сергеевич Ковригин born July 7 , 1981 -RRB- is a Russian former swimmer , who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events .. medley. Medley swimming. He is a three-time Russian swimming -LRB- 2000 , 2001 , and 2004 -RRB- in the 400 m individual medley , and a current president of the Krasnoyarsk Swimming Federation .. medley. Medley swimming. Krasnoyarsk. Krasnoyarsk. 400 m individual medley. Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley. He is also a graduate of physical education at Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University .. Krasnoyarsk. Krasnoyarsk. Kovrigin made his first Russian team , at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .. 2000 Summer Olympics. 2000 Summer Olympics. Sydney. Sydney. There , he failed to advance into the final in any of his individual events , finishing seventeenth in the 400 m individual medley -LRB- 4 :22.21 -RRB- , and twenty-second in the 1500 m freestyle -LRB- 15 :30.69 -RRB- .. medley. Medley swimming. 400 m individual medley. Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley. 1500 m freestyle. Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Kovrigin shortened his program by qualifying only for the men 's 400 m individual medley .. medley. Medley swimming. 400 m individual medley. Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley. 2004 Summer Olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens. Athens. 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 .. Igor Berezutskiy. Igor Berezutskiy. Moscow. Moscow. He challenged seven other swimmers on the final heat of five , including top medal favorite Michael Phelps of the United States .. Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps. 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 .