Personal information | |
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Full name | Pavel Mikalaievich Lahun |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | 12 February 1979
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
Club | RTsFVS Minsk |
Pavel Mikalayevich Lahun ( Belarusian: Павел Мікалаевіч Лагун; born 12 February 1979) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. [1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a three-time medalist at the FINA World Cup.
Lagoun made his first Belarusian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed tenth in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:20.85), and twelfth in the 4×200 m freestyle (7:24.83), as a member of the Belarusian swimming team. [2] [3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lagoun qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m butterfly. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 53.66 from the European Championships in Madrid, Spain. [4] [5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including top medal favorite Milorad Čavić of Serbia and Montenegro. He raced to fifth place by 0.24 of a second behind France's Frédérick Bousquet in 53.87. Lagoun failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth overall in the preliminaries. [6] [7]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Pavel Mikalaievich Lahun |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | 12 February 1979
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
Club | RTsFVS Minsk |
Pavel Mikalayevich Lahun ( Belarusian: Павел Мікалаевіч Лагун; born 12 February 1979) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. [1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a three-time medalist at the FINA World Cup.
Lagoun made his first Belarusian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed tenth in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:20.85), and twelfth in the 4×200 m freestyle (7:24.83), as a member of the Belarusian swimming team. [2] [3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lagoun qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m butterfly. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 53.66 from the European Championships in Madrid, Spain. [4] [5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including top medal favorite Milorad Čavić of Serbia and Montenegro. He raced to fifth place by 0.24 of a second behind France's Frédérick Bousquet in 53.87. Lagoun failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth overall in the preliminaries. [6] [7]