Alexei Puninski

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Alexei Puninski
Personal information
Full nameAlexei Puninski
National team 
butterfly
ClubHPK Mladost[1]
College teamAuburn University (U.S.)[1]
CoachBrett Hawke (U.S.)
Richard Quick (U.S.)[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Croatia
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Linz 50 m butterfly

Alexei Puninski (

Helsinki, Finland, with respective times of 24.57 and 23.21.[1][4]

Puninski competed for Croatia in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a third-place time in 52.61 to dip beneath the FINA A-standard (52.86) by 0.25 of a second and earn a direct Olympic selection to the Croatian squad at the USA Swimming Grand Prix in Columbus, Ohio.[5][6] Coming from third at the halfway turn on the outside in heat six, Puninski faded down the stretch to hit the wall in dead-last with a 53.65. Puninski failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall out of sixty-six swimmers in the prelims.[7]

At the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Puninski set a Croatian record of 22.63 seconds in the semifinals of the men's 50 m butterfly.[8] He also won a bronze medal as a member of the Croatian team in the men's 4×50 m freestyle relay, with a time of 1:23.68.[9]

Puninski is also an eighteen-time All-American swimmer, a full-fledged member of the Auburn Tigers, and an international business graduate at the Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Swimming World Magazine
    . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexei Puninski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Omiljeni domaći bivši plivač uskoro postaje otac". Story (in Croatian). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. Swimming World Magazine. 14 July 2002. Archived from the original
    on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Alexei Puninski Earns Spot On Croatian Olympic Team". Auburn Tigers. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  6. Swimming World Magazine. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original
    on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  7. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  8. ^ "2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships (Rijeka, Croatia) – Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. Swimming World Magazine. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original
    on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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