Alexandr Tarabrin

{{Short description|Kazakhstani swimmer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Alexandr Tarabrin

| image = Alexandr Tarabrin 2015.jpg

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| caption = Tarabrin at the 2015 Military World Games

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| nationality = {{KAZ}}

| strokes = Backstroke

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| coach = Azamat Sarbasov (KAZ)

| collegeteam = Volgograd State Academy
(RUS)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| height = {{height|m=1.88|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalCountry|{{KAZ}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Military World Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Mungyeong| 100 m backstroke}}

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Alexandr Tarabrin (also Aleksandr, {{langx|kk|Александр Тарабрин}}; born 24 April 1985) is a Kazakhstani backstroke swimmer.{{cite web|title=Alexandr Tarabrin |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tarabrin-alexandr-1136162/ |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=13 April 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724054832/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tarabrin-alexandr-1136162/ |archivedate=24 July 2012 |df=dmy }}{{cite sports-reference|title = Alexandr Tarabrin|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/aleksandr-tarabrin-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/aleksandr-tarabrin-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 13 April 2013}} He is a former member of the swimming team for Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education, and is coached and trained by Azabat Sarbasov in Almaty.

Tarabrin qualified for two swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 54.85 (100 m backstroke) and 2:00.75 (200 m backstroke) from the Russian Championships in Moscow.{{cite news|title=Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m backstroke |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_100back.pdf |publisher=FINA |accessdate=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116031956/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_100back.pdf |archivedate=16 November 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m backstroke |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_200back.pdf |publisher=FINA |accessdate=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116043921/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_200back.pdf |archivedate=16 November 2012 }} On 18 July 2012, IOC had approved his legal nationality transfer from Russia in order for him to be eligible and represent Kazakhstan at these games.{{cite news|title=IOC Approves Nine Nationality Changes Shortly Before 2012 London Olympics |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/31184.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630094522/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/31184.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=19 July 2012 |accessdate=14 April 2013 }}

In the 100 m backstroke, Tarabrin challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Olympic veterans George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago and Omar Pinzón of Colombia. He raced to sixth place and thirty-eighth overall by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind South Korea's Park Seon-Kwan in 55.55.{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2|url=http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-backstroke/phase=swm041900/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209231237/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-backstroke/phase=swm041900/index.html|archive-date=9 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In the 200 m backstroke, Tarabrin touched out another South Korean swimmer Park Hyung-Joo to repeat a sixth-place finish in the same heat by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.22. Tarabrin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.{{cite web|title=Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 2|url=http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-200m-backstroke/phase=swm042900/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209055151/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-200m-backstroke/phase=swm042900/index.html|archive-date=9 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}