Martin Liivamägi
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Full name | Martin Liivamägi | ||||||||||||||
National team | Estonia | ||||||||||||||
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 5 July 1988||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | ||||||||||||||
Club | California Aquatics (U.S.) Kalevi Ujumiskool[1] | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of California, Berkeley (U.S.)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Coach | David Durden (U.S.) Greg Meehan (U.S.)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Martin Liivamägi (born 5 July 1988) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke and individual medley events.[1][2] He is a two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), a 2010 Pac-10 champion in the 200 m individual medley, a double NCAA team titleholder (2011 and 2012), a 43-time Estonian swimming champion, and a 24-time national record holder in different age groups. He also won a silver medal in the same stroke at the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Personal life
Liivamagi was born in Tallinn, Estonia, the son of Kalle and Tiina Liivamägi. He attended Tallinna Saksa Gümnaasium, and also, swam for the Kalevi Ujumiskool for four years, until he graduated from high school in 2007. One year before, Liivamagi rose to international fame at the 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where he earned a silver medal in the 200 m individual medley.[3]
Career
2007 FINA World Championships
At the 2007 FINA World Championships in
2008 Summer Olympics
Liivamagi qualified only for the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including defending European champion László Cseh of Hungary. Liivamagi rounded out the field to last place by 0.48 of a second behind Spain's Brenton Cabello in 2:03.56. Liivamagi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats.[6]
Shortly after his first Olympics, Liivamagi matriculated at the
2009 season
While attending
At the
2010–2011 season
In 2010, Liivamagi won his first ever individual title at the Pac-10 Championships in Long Beach, California, posting a time of 1:43.73 in the 200 m individual medley to clear an NCAA A-cut.[12] On the same year, he wounded up a third-place finish at the NCAA Division I Championships in Columbus, Ohio with his collegiate best of 1:43.05.[13] For the 2011–2012 season, Liivamagi helped his college team by rebounding two back-to-back swimming titles at the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Washington.[14]
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
At the
On the first day of preliminaries, Liivamagi placed twenty-ninth in the 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he posted a time of 1:01.57 to earn a fifth spot over Poland's Dawid Szulich and Israel's Imri Ganiel by one tenth of a second.[20][21] In the 200 m individual medley, Liivamagi challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including fellow Olympic veterans Bradley Ally of Barbados and Raphaël Stacchiotti of Luxembourg. He picked up another fifth spot by 0.09 of a second behind Russia's Alexander Tikhonov in 2:01.09. Liivamagi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[22][23]
Personal bests
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See also
References
- ^ LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 20 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martin Liivamägi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon 1 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "2007 FINA World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. p. 37. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- NBC Olympics. Archived from the originalon 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ Zhang, Kim (10 July 2006). "Incoming Recruit Swims Beijing Before Cal". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2009. Archived from the originalon 18 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "2009 European Short Course Championships (Istanbul, Turkey) – Men's 100m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "2009 European Short Course Championships (Istanbul, Turkey) – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 4 March 2010. Archived from the originalon 30 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 25 March 2010. Archived from the originalon 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Cal Men's Swimming and Diving Wins 2012 NCAA Title". California Golden Bears. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- FINA. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- FINA. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- Swimming World Magazine. 31 March 2012. Archived from the originalon 30 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Staff (25 July 2012). "Cal athletes around the world". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 4 December 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Cal Men Swimmers Compete in Day One". California Golden Bears. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- LOCOG. Archived from the originalon 10 December 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Adrian Wins Olympic 100 Free". California Golden Bears. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.