Andrei Pakin

{{short description|Kyrgyzstani swimmer}}

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| national_team = {{KGZ}}

| strokes = Freestyle, medley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Frunze, Kirghiz SSR,
Soviet Union

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| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Andrei Pakin ({{langx|ru|Андрей Пакин}}; born January 3, 1978) is a Kyrgyzstani former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and in individual medley events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Andrei Pakin|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/andrey-pakin-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/andrey-pakin-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 June 2013}} Pakin competed in two swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 2:09.26 (200 m individual medley) from the Russian Open Championships in Saint Petersburg.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006001F000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=23 April 2013}} In the 4×200 m freestyle relay, Pakin, along with Aleksandr Shilin, Ivan Ivanov, and Russian import Dmitri Kuzmin, were disqualified from heat one for an early takeoff during the lead-off leg.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=341 |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Wide-open race in the men's 100 free|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615164701/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|access-date=26 May 2013}} The following day, in the 200 m individual medley, Pakin placed fortieth on the morning prelims. He posted a sterling time of 2:07.88 to overhaul a fast-pacing George Gleason of the Virgin Islands at the final turn and blister a top finish in heat one.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=307 |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 200m Individual Medley)|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616020339/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|access-date=7 July 2013}}