{{Short description|Barbadian swimmer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Andrei Cross | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = <!-- if different --> | nicknames = | national_team = {{BAR}} | strokes = Breaststroke | club = TeamBath (GBR)<ref name=beijing2008/> | coach = Mark Skimming<ref name=beijing2008/> | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bridgetown, Barbados | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Cartagena|100 m breaststroke}} {{MedalBronze|2006 Cartagena|4x100 m medley relay}} | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Andrei Cross''' (born 2 June 1984) is a Barbadian former swimmer, who specialized in the breaststroke events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Andrei Cross|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/andrei-cross-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/andrei-cross-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 20 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=beijing2008>{{cite web|title=Andrei Cross |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/243508.shtml |publisher=Beijing 2008 |accessdate=12 January 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cross represented his nation Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and in two editions of the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006), establishing a national record of 29.24 in the 50 m breaststroke.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andrei Cross in smashing form|url=http://www.swimbarbados.com/2008/03/andrei-cross-in-smashing-form/|publisher=Barbados Amateur Swimming Association|date=11 March 2008|accessdate=10 March 2016}}</ref> During his swimming career, Cross was affiliated with TeamBath, the sports organization of England's University of Bath, under the tutelage of head coach Mark Skimming.
Cross competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he cleared the FINA-B entry standard time in 1:03.64 to assure his selection to the Olympic team at the 2007 Maribor Open in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 100m Breaststroke|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|format=PDF|page=27|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> Swimming in heat three of the evening prelims, Cross held off his fast pace over Uzbekistan's Ivan Demyanenko to save the penultimate spot from the eight-swimmer field by 0.17 seconds. Cross' time of 1:04.57 was not good enough to put him through to the semifinals, finishing only in fifty-fifth place overall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM031900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=6 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062328/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM031900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}</ref>
He works as a manager facility at Barbados Amateur Swimming Association.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Aquatics|1014183}} * {{Olympics.com|andrei-cross}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{CGF profile}} * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825023454/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64434/bio/index.html |date=dmy |title=Andrei Cross atNBC 2008 Olympics website}} * {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130203094908/http://www.teambath.com/2011/04/08/andrei-cross/ |date=dmy |title=Andrei Cross at Team Bath}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Andrei}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of the University of Bath Category:Barbadian expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Barbadian male swimmers Category:Commonwealth Games swimmers for Barbados Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Category:Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Category:Olympic swimmers for Barbados Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Category:Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Barbados Category:Male breaststroke swimmers Category:Sportspeople from Bridgetown Category:Team Bath swimmers
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