Aleksandr Yegorov (swimmer)

Aleksandr Yegorov (Russian: Александр Егоров; born June 16, 1976) is a Kyrgyz former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Yegorov competed only in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:07.11 from the Russian National Championships in Moscow. He challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including Hong Kong's Alex Fong, who later became one of city's most popular singers. He rounded out the field to last place with a slowest time of 2:13.85. Yegorov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-fourth overall in the prelims.