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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Oleg Rabota
| image = 
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| caption =
| fullname = Oleg Rabota
| nicknames =
| national_team = {{KAZ}}
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[Backstroke swimming|backstroke]]
| club =
| coach = Rick Walker (U.S.)
| collegeteam = [[Southern Illinois Salukis|Southern Illinois University]] (U.S.)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Almaty]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry| Kazakhstan }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Indoor Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]] | [[Short course swimming at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|200 m freestyle]]}}
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}}

'''Oleg Rabota''' ({{lang-kk|Олег Работа}}; born June 12, 1990) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and backstroke events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Oleg Rabota|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/oleg-rabota-1.html|31 December 2012}}</ref> He represented his nation [[Kazakhstan]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], and has won a silver medal in the 200 m freestyle at the [[2007 Asian Indoor Games]] in [[Macau, China]]. Rabota also served as a member of the [[Southern Illinois Salukis]] swimming and diving team under head coach Rick Walker, while pursuing his sports management studies at [[Southern Illinois University]] in [[Carbondale, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Lock|title=Saluki Swimming & Diving teams begin training for conference championship meets|url=http://www.siusalukis.com/m/sports/c-swim/spec-rel/081913aaa.html|publisher=[[Southern Illinois University]]|date=10 December 2012|accessdate=29 March 2016}}</ref>

Rabota competed for the Kazakh squad in two swimming events at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. He posted a time of 2:03.75 to set himself up as the fourth seed headed into the 200 m backstroke final of the Olympic test event in [[Beijing]], and then snatched the 400 m freestyle title with a 3:56.98 at the Kazakhstan Open Championships three months later in [[Almaty]]; both of these marks dipped beneath the FINA B-cut.<ref>{{cite news|title=Good Luck Beijing China Open: Day Five Prelims|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/16929.asp|publisher=[[Swimming World Magazine]]|date=4 February 2008|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Freestyle|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|page=16|publisher=[[Swimming World Magazine]]|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> In the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]], Rabota fought off with Argentina's [[Juan Martín Pereyra]] for the fourth spot throughout the race, but relegated to fifth and thirty-sixth overall to round out the opening heat in 4:02.16.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 1|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM014900/index.html|work=[[Beijing 2008]]|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref> Four days later, in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]], Rabota raced to second on the same heat by 0.78 of a second behind leader [[Brett Fraser]] of the Cayman Islands in 2:01.95, but his thirty-third place time in the prelims would not be enough to put him through to the semifinals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 1|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM042900/index.html|work=[[Beijing 2008]]|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=31 December 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.aquatics.kz/en/federation/swimming/athletes/sports/rabota/?sid=gjm2fhgnbomesha1ek9rcb0dn7 Profile – Kazakhstan Swimming Federation]
*[http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/oleg_rabota_825220.html Player Bio – Southern Illinois Salukis]
*[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63748/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabota, Oleg}}
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]
[[Category:Southern Illinois Salukis swimmers]]

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