Nickname(s) Radz Coach Arthur Albeiro (USA) Weight 85 kg | Height 1.92 m Nationality Belarus Name Andrei Radzionau | |
College team Louisville Cardinals (USA) | ||
Andrei Radzionau (Belarusian: Андрэй Радзіонаў born June 16, 1985 in Minsk) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Radzionau is also a varsity swimmer for the Louisville Cardinals,who graduated with a BA in Environmental Analysis from University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
Radzionau qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by establishing a new Belarusian record and clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.72 from the national championships in his hometown Minsk. He challenged seven other swimmers on the ninth heat, including three-time Olympian Camilo Becerra of Colombia. Radzionau edged out Filipino-American tanker and Florida-based resident Daniel Coakley to take the fifth spot by four hundredths of a second (0.04), posting his personal best of 22.65. Radzionau placed twenty-sixth out of 97 swimmers in the preliminaries.