birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
bishkek , kirghiz ssr 78 kg lb 0 on 1.84 0 on 3 january 1978 andrei pakin
 freestyle , medley andrei pakin
andrei pakin

andrei pakin -lrb- ; born january 3 , 1978 in bishkek -rrb- is a retired kyrgystani swimmer , who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and in individual medley events .
pakin competed in two swimming events at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
he eclipsed a fina b-cut of 2:09.26 -lrb- 200 m individual medley -rrb- from the russian open championships in saint petersburg .
in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay , pakin , along with aleksandr shilin , ivan ivanov , and russian import dmitri kuzmin , were disqualified from heat one for an early takeoff during the lead-off leg .
the following day , in the 200 m individual medley , pakin placed fortieth on the morning prelims .
he posted a sterling time of 2:07.88 to overhaul a fast-pacing george gleason of the virgin islands at the final turn and blister a top finish in heat one .
