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Barcelona proved to be a special place for Alexander Popov. Returning for the 2003 Barcelona World Championships he again dominated the freestyle events winning both the 50 and 100m - again. The Athens Summer Olympics of 2004 proved to be a turning point. By this time he was thirty-two and this was past peak age for a world-class swimmer.


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Year of Birth 1971 Olympic Results Biography Known by a variety of nicknames - "Sasha," "The Russian Rocket," "Ice Man," and "Big Dog" - Aleksandr Popov is considered by many as the greatest sprint freestyle swimmer ever.


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Alexander Popov is one of the greatest swimmers of all time. Here's what you can learn from his relentless pursuit of perfection in practice. Current photo via Peter Sukenik/.


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// BIO Aleksandr Popov dominated swimming's marquee events, the 50m and 100m freestyle, and became the world's premier sprinter during the 1990s. He won a total of nine Olympic medals at three.


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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov , better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m freestyle at the 1992 Olympics and repeated the feat at the 1996 Olympics, and is the only male in Olympic games history to defend both titles. He held the world record in the 50 m for eight years, and.


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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov, also known as Alexander Popov, (born November 26, 1971) is a Russian Olympian who is known to be the greatest spring freestyle swimmer in history after winning two gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He started swimming when he was 8 at the Children and Youth Sports School.


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One of the all time greats, Russian Alexander Popov 's reign over the sprint freestyle events during the 1990's resulted in 9 Olympic medals, two long standing world records, and 5 individual.


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Alexander Popov discussed what specific things he learned from Touretski (11:30) that made him a great swimmer and what he hopes his legacy will be (20:00) as a revolutionary coach.


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Aleksandr Popov Biographical information Biography Known by a variety of nicknames - "Sasha," "The Russian Rocket," "Ice Man," and "Big Dog" - Aleksandr Popov is considered by many as the greatest sprint freestyle swimmer ever.


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Alexander Popov's Epic Gold at Barcelona 2003 | FINA World Championships FINA 183K subscribers Subscribe 472 Share 40K views 2 years ago Let's take a look back to one of the most exciting.


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FOLLOW me on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/mortenkohlerA closer look on A. Popov's swimming technique (Popov Phases)


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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Попо́в, born 16 November 1971), better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer.


20 Years Since The Dash Crown Passed From King Tom Jager To Tsar Alexander Popov (VIDEOS

Meet Mr Alexander POPOV - IOC member since 2000. Member profile includes sports career, education and IOC history.


Male Athletes World Swimming Alexander Popov in the pool water (Part 1)

25 June 2020, 12:23pm Following the death of Gennadi Touretski, Swimming World is reposting this podcast interview by Brett Hawke with Alexander Popov, who was mentored by Touretski..


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📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Russia's Alexander Popov wins the gold medal in both the men's 50m and 100m freestyle event at the Barcel.


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Four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexander Popov, widely regarded as one of the greatest male freestyle swimmers in history, believes that the global sanctions on Russian athletes won't be in.