Artūrs Jakovļevs

Artūrs Jakovļevs

Personal information
Full name	Artūrs Jakovļevs
National team	Latvia
Born	(1967-05-30) 30 May 1967 (age 57) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Rīga Swimming School
Coach	Alberts Pisarevs Vladimirs Maslovskis

Artūrs Jakovļevs (born May 30, 1967) is a Latvian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint butterfly events.^[1] He is a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000), a former Latvian record holder in the 100 m butterfly, and a member of the national swimming team under head coaches Alberts Pisarevs and Vladimirs Maslovskis.

Jakovļevs became the first ever Latvian swimmer to compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona since the post-Soviet era. In the 100 m butterfly, he placed thirty-third on the morning prelims in a national record of 55.95.^[2]

On his second Olympic appearance in Atlanta 1996, Jakovļevs failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m butterfly, finishing in forty-ninth place with a time of 56.62.^[3]

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Jakovļevs qualified for his third team in the men's 100 m butterfly, as a 33-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[4] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 56.58 from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[5][6] Swimming in heat one, he held off Sri Lanka's Conrad Francis by almost half a body length to race for the fourth seed in his personal best of 56.63. Jakovļevs failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-sixth overall in the prelims.^[7][8][9]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Artūrs Jakovļevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
2. "Barcelona 1992: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 9" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 363. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
4. Zembergs, Māris (20 September 2000). "Uz Sidneju dodas lielākā olimpiešu delegācija" [The largest ever delegation goes to Sydney] (in Latvian). Diena. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
5. "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
6. "2000 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Helsinki, Finland) – Men's 100m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 206. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (100m Butterfly)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
9. Straumanis, Andris (27 August 2000). "Gold, silver and bronze for Latvian athletes". Latvians Online. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

External links

• Artūrs Jakovļevs at Olympedia (archive)
• Artūrs Jakovļevs at Olympics.com
• Artūrs Jakovļevs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)