Kregor Zirk
{{Short description|Estonian swimmer (born 1999)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
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| club = Energy Standard International Swim Club // Ujumise Spordiklubi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tartu, Estonia
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| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 78 kg
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Kregor Zirk (born 3 July 1999) is an Estonian swimmer. He is multi time Estonian swimming champion in both short and long course. He has broken Estonian age group and senior records around 300 times.{{cite web|url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Kregor_Zirk|title=Biography at esbl.ee|publisher=|date=|access-date=16 November 2021|language=Estonian}}
Career
He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |title=Heats results |accessdate=27 July 2017 |work=FINA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009190711/http://www.omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=000111010A0101EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |title=2017 World Aquatics Championships. Search via Athletes |accessdate=27 July 2017 |work=Budapest 2017 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802184504/https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |url-status=dead }} In the 2019 World Aquatic Championships he competed in the 200m and 400m Freestyle, as well as the 100m and 200m Butterfly, with his best placing being 19th in the 400m Freestyle.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=616689&clubId=105|title=Swimrankings: FINA: 18th World Championships, Gwangju (KOR), 21-28 July 2019 |website=www.swimrankings.net|access-date=8 April 2020}} During the competition he re-set his own Estonian records in the 200m and 400m Freestyle, and 200m Butterfly.
In the Autumn of 2019 he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/1017234/kregor-zirk-lopetas-karjaari-edukaima-luhirajahooaja|title=Kregor Zirk lõpetas karjääri edukaima lühirajahooaja|last=Tiisler|first=Alvar|date=23 December 2019|website=ERR|access-date=8 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://isl.global/club-rosters/|title=Club Rosters – International Swimming League|language=en-US|access-date=8 April 2020|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022045209/https://isl.global/club-rosters/|url-status=dead}} At the second stop in Naples, ITA he raced 1,150m which was the furthest racing distance of any male athlete. Across these two stops Zirk (2,250m), and his teammate Mary-Sophie Harvey (2,600m) had raced more than all other swimmers.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/comparing-indianapolis-naples-isl-a-stats-grab-bag/|title=Comparing Indianapolis, Naples ISL: A Stats Grab Bag|date=17 October 2019|website=SwimSwam|language=en-US|access-date=8 April 2020}}
References
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External links
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- {{ESBL profile|Kregor_Zirk}}
{{Energy Standard roster}}
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Category:Estonian male freestyle swimmers
Category:Estonian male butterfly swimmers
Category:Sportspeople from Tartu
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Estonia