Zoran Lazarovski
Macedonian swimmer (born 1980)
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Zoran Lazarovski (Macedonian: Зоран Лазаровски; born 26 December 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.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Zoran Lazarovski |
| National team |  North Macedonia |
| Born | 26 December 1980 |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | 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]
