Yauhen Tsurkin

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Yauhen Tsurkin
butterfly
ClubTeam Belarus
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 4x50 m medley
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen 50 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Glasgow 4x50 m medley
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju 100 m butterfly

Yauhen Mikalaevich Tsurkin (

Łacinka: Jaŭhien Mikałajevič Curkin; born 9 November 1990) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events.[1][2]

Career

He won a bronze medal in the

Debrecen, Hungary, in a new Belarusian record time of 23.37 seconds.[3]

Tsurkin qualified for the

Benjamin Hockin. Tsurkin edged out sixth-place finisher Gabriel Melconian Alvez of Uruguay by fifteen hundredths of a second (0.15), slower than his qualifying time of 50.53 seconds. Tsurkin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fourth out of 60 swimmers in the preliminaries.[6]

At the

Chartres, France, Tsurkin lowered his national record time to 22.73 seconds, but was narrowly beaten by France's Frédérick Bousquet for top seeding in the semifinals of the men's 50 m butterfly.[7]

He won the 50 m butterfly at the 2014 European Championships.[8]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 50 m butterfly and the 100 m freestyle, but did not progress from the heats in either event.[2] His wife, Aliaksandra Herasimenia, won a bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle in Rio.[8]

References

  1. LOCOG. Archived from the original
    on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yauhen Tsurkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. Swimming World Magazine. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original
    on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. FINA. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  5. ^ "2012 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 100m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. LOCOG. Archived from the original
    on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  7. Swimming World Magazine. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original
    on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Yauhen Tsurkin | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-07-04.

External links

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