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'''Vadim Alekseyev''' ({{lang-he|ודים אלכסייב}}, {{lang-ru|Вадим Алексеев}} ; born April 11, 1970<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/vadim-alekseyev-1.html}}</ref>) is a retired Olympic [[breaststroke]] [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who competed for first the [[Soviet Union]], then Israel.<ref name="pqarchiver1996">{{cite web |url=http://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 |title=Synchro team strength wows Cabinet members |publisher=USA Today |date=July 20, 1996 |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref name="haaretz1">{{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 |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref> Alexeev was born in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]].  He is Jewish, and immigrated to Israel in 1992.<ref name="pqarchiver1996" /><ref name="jewsinsports1">{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=135 |title=Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |date= |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref>  He speaks Russian.<ref name="pqarchiver1996" />

==Career==
Alekseyev held Soviet and Israeli records in the 1990s.<ref name="haaretz1" />

He won the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke races at the 1986 European Junior Championships.<ref name="jewsinsports1" />

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he took sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:16.7.<ref name="jewsinsports1" />  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.<ref name="jewsinsports1" />  That year he was one of the two fastest swimmers in Europe.<ref>{{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|publisher=|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>  In 1990, he won a silver medal at the [[Goodwill Games]] in the 100-meter breastroke.<ref>{{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|publisher=|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>

At the 1994 World Championship, he set the Israeli record in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:15.47).<ref name="jewsinsports2">{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=135 |title=Uc_Hilal |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |date= |accessdate=March 14, 2011}}</ref>  In 1995, he set the Israeli record in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:02.52).<ref name="jewsinsports1" />

At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he swam for Israel.<ref>{{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 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date= |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref>  There, he swam the four-man 4x100 meter medley with [[Yoav Bruck]], Eitan Urbach, and [[Dan Kutler]].<ref>{{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|publisher=|accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref>  The team reached the final, taking eighth place.<ref name="jewsinsports1" />

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, [[Tom Be'eri]] beat Alekseyev's prior Israeli record in the men's 100-meter butterfly by one-tenth of a second (at 1:02.42).<ref>{{cite web |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 |publisher=Haaretz |date= |accessdate=February 27, 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Jews in sports#Swimming]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Swimrankings|id=1540375}}
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/ Jews in Sports]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/vadim-alekseyev-1.html}}

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[[Category:Soviet male swimmers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male swimmers]]
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[[Category:Male breaststroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of Israel]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Jewish swimmers]]
[[Category:Soviet Jews]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani Jews]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani emigrants to Israel]]
[[Category:Israeli Jews]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]

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