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Born | Kara-Balta, Kirghiz SSR, USSR[1] | 30 May 1948||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 2023 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | Alga Frunze | ||||||||||||||
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Akhmed Anarbayev (Russian: Ахмед Анарбаев; 30 May 1948 – 6 August 2023) was a Kyrgyzstani Soviet swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1968 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals.[2]
After retiring from senior swimming Anarbayev continued to compete internationally in the masters category.[3][4] He was also an experienced open water swimmer who crossed Issyk Kul and took part in a crossborder swimming event in the Bering Strait.[5] From 1992 to 1997 he was the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Swimming Federation.[1]
Anarbayev lived in Bishkek, and worked in the hotel business.[6] He died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 75.[7]