Raiko Pachel

Raiko Pachel

Personal information
National team	Estonia
Born	(1974-06-02) 2 June 1974 Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Keila Swim Club
Coach	Tõnu Meijel

Raiko Pachel (born June 2, 1974) is an Estonian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a double Baltic States swimming champion, and a former Estonian record holder in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Pachel is also a member of Keila Swim Club in Tallinn under head coach Tõnu Meijel.

Pachel competed in a breaststroke double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved FINA B-standards of 1:03.39 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:18.45 (200 m breaststroke) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. In the 100 m breaststroke, held on the first day of the Games, Pachel challenged seven other swimmers in heat six, including Australia's top favorite and former bronze medalist Phil Rogers. He rounded out a field to last place in his heat, but shared a thirty-second overall seed with Israel's Tal Stricker in a matching time of 1:03.99. Four days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Pachel placed thirty-third on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat three, he picked up a third spot to overhaul a 2:20 barrier ahead of El Salvador's Francisco Suriano by almost half a second (0.50) in 2:19.71.

External links

• ESBL Profile (Estonian)