Zoran Lazarovski
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zoran Lazarovski |
| National team |
 Macedonia |
| Born |
26 December 1980 Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
Zoran Lazarovski (Macedonian: Зоран Лазаровски; born December 26, 1980) is a Macedonian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a former Macedonian record holder in the 200 m butterfly.
Lazarovski made his first Macedonian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 200 m butterfly. Swimming in heat two, he edged out Hong Kong's Mark Kwok to claim a second spot and twenty-ninth overall by 0.69 of a second in 2:01.30.[2][3]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lazarovski qualified again for the 200 m butterfly, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:03.69 from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including Olympic veteran Vladan Marković of Serbia and Montenegro. He raced to fourth place by 0.11 of a second behind Bulgaria's Georgi Palazov in 2:02.26. Lazarovski failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-seventh overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Zoran Lazarovski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2" (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.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Men's 200m Butterfly Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (16 August 2004). "Men's 200 Butterfly, Prelims Day 3: Michael Phelps and Japan's Yamamoto Tie As Fastest Qualifiers; Tom Malchow will be there too". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.