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| name = Rustam Kovatov
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| fullname = Rustam Barotovich Kuvatov
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| nationality = {{KAZ}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pavlodar]], [[Kazakh SSR]]
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| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = Race walking
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| pb = '''20 km walk''': 1:23:16 (2008)<br>'''50 km walk''': 3:59:57 (2004)
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'''Rustam Barotovich Kuvatov''' ({{lang-kk|Рустам Баротович Куватов}}; born November 9, 1977 in [[Pavlodar]]) is a Kazakhstani race walker.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Rustam Kovatov|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/rustam-kuvatov-1.html|30 December 2012}}</ref> He set a personal best time of 1:23:16 by finishing twelfth for the 20 km race walk at the Kazakh national walking championships.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krishnan|first=Ram Murali|title=Asian Race Walking Championships|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/asian-race-walking-championships|publisher=[[IAAF]]|date=20 March 2008|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref> Kuvatov made his official debut for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], where he placed thirty-seventh in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|men's 50 km race walk]], with a time of 4:13:40.

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Kuvatov competed this time for the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|men's 20 km race walk]]. During the competition, he set an early pace and was narrowly ahead in the 4 km lap after the athletes had left the stadium. Reaching the 8 km lap, Kuvatov's strong lead came to an end, as he was passed by several race walkers including [[Ivano Brugnetti]] of Italy, and [[Paquillo Fernández]] of Spain, both of whom won gold and silver in the previous Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympics: Drugs tainted Borchin delivers maiden gold for Russia|url=http://www.us.terra.com/olympics2008/interna/0,,OI3098562-EI12185,00.html|publisher=Terra|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref> Kuvatov entered the stadium and finished the entire run in forty-second place by ten seconds behind Serbia's [[Predrag Filipović (racewalker)|Predrag Filipović]], with a time of 1:28:25.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 20km Race Walk|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM092100/standings.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{iaaf name|id=139402}}
*[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=51655/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]

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