Vyacheslav Titarenko

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Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Titarenko (Template:Lang-kk; born June 8, 1978) is a Kazakh former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.<ref>Template:Cite sports-reference</ref> He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a top 16 finalist in the 100 m butterfly at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea (58.22).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Titarenko qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as Kazakhstan's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He achieved a FINA B-standard of 51.91 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including five-time Olympian Carl Probert of Fiji. He raced to sixth place in 52.09, just 0.18 of a second off his entry time. Titarenko failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-first overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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