Vadim Alekseyev

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| national_team = Soviet Union, Israel

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|04|11}}

| birth_place = Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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| strokes = breaststroke

|native_name=ודים אלכסייב|native_name_lang=he}}

Vadim Alekseyev ({{langx|he|ודים אלכסייב}}, {{langx|ru|Вадим Алексеев}}; born April 11, 1970){{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/vadim-alekseyev-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/vadim-alekseyev-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} is a retired Olympic breaststroke swimmer who competed for first the Soviet Union, then Israel.{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16397422.html?dids=16397422:16397422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+20%2C+1996&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Synchro+team+strength+wows+Cabinet+members&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034316/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16397422.html?dids=16397422:16397422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+20,+1996&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Synchro+team+strength+wows+Cabinet+members&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |title=Synchro team strength wows Cabinet members |publisher=USA Today |date=July 20, 1996 |access-date=February 27, 2011}}{{cite web |last=Hipsh |first=Rami |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/swimming-jaben-again-tests-positive-for-drugs-forfeits-beijing-ticket-1.250077 |title=Swimming / Jaben again tests positive for drugs, forfeits Beijing ticket |publisher=Haaretz |date=February 23, 2011 |access-date=February 27, 2011}} Alexeev was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. He is Jewish and immigrated to Israel in 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=135 |title=Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |access-date=February 27, 2011}} He speaks Russian.

Career

Alekseyev held Soviet and Israeli records in the 1990s.

He won the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke races at the 1986 European Junior Championships.

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he took sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.7. In 1989 he set the Soviet record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.11); it was the third-fastest time in the world that year. That year he was one of the two fastest swimmers in Europe.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eBI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=waULAAAAIBAJ&pg=6556,640176&dq=vadim-alexeev%20swimmer&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|access-date=25 March 2017}} In 1990, he won a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in the 100-meter breastroke.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kLREAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DbYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2298,1940027&dq=vadim-alexeev%20swimmer&hl=en|title=Daily Union - Google News Archive Search|access-date=25 March 2017}}

At the 1994 World Championship, he set the Israeli record in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:15.47).{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=135 |title=Uc_Hilal |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |access-date=March 14, 2011}} In 1995, he set the Israeli record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.52).

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he swam for Israel.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Cameron S. |url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=93896 |title=Sporting heroes for Israel's 60th anniversary: No. 57 |date=4 March 2008 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=February 27, 2011}} There, he swam the four-man 4x100 meter medley with Yoav Bruck, Eitan Urbach, and Dan Kutler.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2DkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874,2120175&dq=vadim%20alexeyev%20jewish&hl=en|title=The Jewish Post & News - Google News Archive Search|access-date=25 March 2017}} The team reached the final, taking eighth place.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tom Be'eri beat Alekseyev's prior Israeli record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke by one-tenth of a second (at 1:02.42).{{cite news |last=Hipsh |first=Rami |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/beijing-olympics-israel-shows-its-mettle-even-without-a-medal-1.251424 |title=Beijing Olympics / Israel shows its mettle even without a medal |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=February 27, 2011}}