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pavel sankovich

pavel paulavich sankovich -lrb- ; born 29 june 1990 -rrb- is a belarusian swimmer , who specialized in sprint backstroke and butterfly events .
he won two bronze medals in the sprint backstroke events -lrb- both 50 and 100 m -rrb- at the 2011 european short course swimming championships in szczecin , poland .
sankovich is also a member of the swimming team for sk vs minsk , and is coached and trained by henadziy vishniakou .
sankovich made his official debut at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , where he qualified for two swimming events .
he broke a belarusian record and cleared a fina b-cut of 56.10 from the national championships in minsk .
in the 100 m backstroke , sankovich challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat , including three-time olympians Örn arnarson of iceland , and eduardo germán otero of argentina .
he came only in second by 0.28 of a second behind colombia 's omar pinzón with a time of 55.39 seconds .
sankovich failed to qualify for the semifinals , as he placed twenty-ninth out of 45 swimmers in the preliminaries .
few days later , he joined with fellow swimmers and teammates yauheni lazuka , viktar vabishchevich , and two-time olympian stanislau neviarouski for the men 's 4 × 100 m medley relay .
swimming the backstroke leg , sankovich recorded a time of 55.11 seconds , and the belarusian team went on to finish the heats in sixteenth place , for a total time of 3:39.39 .
four years after competing in his last olympics , sankovich qualified for his second belarusian team , as a 22-year-old , at the 2012 summer olympics in london , by eclipsing a fina b-standard entry time of 54.56 in the men 's 100 m backstroke .
he won the third heat of his respective event by 0.17 of a second behind italy 's mirco di tora , smashing a new belarusian record of 54.53 seconds .
sankovich narrowly missed a spot in the semifinals by one hundredth of a second -lrb- 0.01 -rrb- behind olympic veteran aristeidis grigoriadis , placing eighteenth out of 43 swimmers in the preliminary heats .
in the 100 m butterfly , sankovich finished the race in thirty-fourth overall by seven hundredths of a second -lrb- 0.07 -rrb- behind switzerland 's dominik meichtry with a time of 53.47 seconds .
in january 2013 , sankovich attended the florida state university in tallahassee , florida , where he trained and joined with the swimming and diving team for the florida state seminoles .
