Eskender Mustafaiev
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| Full name | Eskender Mustafaiev |
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 Russia
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| Born | 17 July 1981 |
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| Club | Крымцентр "Инваспорт" |
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Eskender Mustafaiev (Russian: Эскендер Аметович Мустафаев; born July 17, 1981 in Chinaz, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian swimmer. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning gold in the 50 metre freestyle S4.
Mustafaiev is from Aqyar/Sevastopil. Ukraine. When he as five years old, he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth. He is married and has a daughter with his wife Yulia. He was previously married to Ukrainian Paralympic shooter Olga Mustafaieva. He speaks Russian, and does not speak Ukrainian.
Mustafaiev started swimming in 2008 in Sevastopol, Ukraine as part of a rehabilitation regime for a weak back and hand. While he briefly looked at fencing, he committed to swimming because the issues with his hand made fencing difficult. In 2011, Mustafaiev made his national team debut and was a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany. He competed in the Men’s 50m Freestyle S4.
Mustafaiev was one of three Ukrainian athletes competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics from the Crimea region, with the other two including fellow swimmer Dmytro Kryzhanivskyi and shooter Olga Mustafaieva . At the 2012 London, 31-year-old Mustafaiev won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S4 event with a time of 38.26 seconds. He had several other events on his London swimming program including the 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle races in London. He finished eighth and last in the 50m backstroke final with a time of 52.51 seconds. This time was slower than the heats, where he swam a time of 51.92. Following the 2012 Games, he was awarded the Order of Merit for his sporting achievements.
In Montreal for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, Mustafaiev claimed gold in the men’s 50 freestyle S4 with a time of 37.96 seconds. He won a silver medal in the men’s 100 freestyle S4, losing to Slovenia's Darko Đurić by half a third of a second with a time of 1:27.56 to Duric's 1:27.27.
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