club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
clube de regatas do flamengo -lrb- bra -rrb- pavlodar , kazakh ssr 74 kg lb 0 on 1.88 0 on 2 may 1971 grigoriy matuzkov
 individual medley grigoriy matuzkov
grigoriy matuzkov

grigoriy matuzkov -lrb- ; born may 2 , 1971 in pavlodar -rrb- is a retired kazakhstani swimmer , who specialized in individual medley events .
at only 29 years of age , matuzkov represented kazakhstan in his official debut at the 2000 summer olympics , and spent four years in rio de janeiro , brazil -lrb- 1997 -- 2001 -rrb- , training for the flamengo swim club -lrb- -rrb- .
matuzkov competed in a medley double at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
he achieved fina b-standards of 2:07.62 -lrb- 200 m individual medley -rrb- and 4:34.69 -lrb- 400 m individual medley -rrb- from the kazakhstan open championships in almaty .
on the second day of the games , matuzkov placed thirty-ninth in the 400 m individual medley .
swimming in heat two , he picked up a sixth seed by 0.16 of a second behind mexico 's juan veloz in 4:31.89 .
three days later , in the 200 m individual medley , matuzkov held off a challenge from bahamas ' jeremy knowles to lead the second heat in a kazakh record of 2:05.45 .
matuzkov 's best time was not enough to put him through to the semifinals , as he placed twenty-ninth overall in the prelims .
