Georgi Palazov

Georgi Palazov
Personal information
Full name	Georgi Palazov
National team	Bulgaria
Born	4 February 1980 (age 44); Burgas, Bulgaria
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, medley
Club	National Sports Academy

Georgi Palazov (Template:Lang-bg; born February 4, 1980 in Burgas) is a Bulgarian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and medley events.^[1] He represented Bulgaria at three Olympic Games – 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Palazov achieved his best possible result at the Olympics, when he finished thirty-ninth in the men's 200 m butterfly in 2008, with a time of 2:01.84.^[2] Palazov also competed in the men's 400 m individual medley in Sydney, where he set a national record, with a time of 4:35.92, finishing only in fortieth place.^[3]^[4]

In addition to his numerous achievements at the Olympics, Palazov had also set two national records for the 100 m and 200 m butterfly events at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and the other for the 50 m butterfly event at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships in Madrid, Spain.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgi Palazov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Men's 200m Butterfly – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 216. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^ "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

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