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Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia
About Andres Olvik
- Andres Olvik (born April 16, 1986) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.
- He represented his nation Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won two gold medals in a backstroke double (100 and 200 m) at the 2011 Baltic Championships in Riga, Latvia.
- Apart from his medal treasury, he also set a long-course Estonian record in the 200 m backstroke (2:02.67) at the 2012 European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
- Olvik currently trains for the Estonian national team, while coaching numerous age groups at Kalev Swim School in Tallinn.Olvik competed for the Estonian team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
- Leading up to the Games, he raced his way to the top of the field with a solid 2:03.12 to crush the Estonian record and comfortably register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) by about eight tenths of a second at the Baltic State Multi-Nations Meet in Riga, Latvia.
- Rallying from fifth at the 150-metre turn in heat two, Olvik tried to maintain his pace towards the final stretch, until the host nation China's Deng Jian made a late surge by more than half a second to edge him out to sixth with a 2:03.66.
- Olvik failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the prelims.
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