| Andres Olvik | |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height: | 1.94 m |
| Weight: | 89 kg |
| Strokes: | Backstroke |
| Club: | Kalevi Ujumiskool |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Andres Olvik (born 16 April 1986) is an Estonian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] He represented his nation Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won two gold medals in a backstroke double (100 and 200 m) at the 2011 Baltic Championships in Riga, Latvia. Apart from his medal treasury, he also set a long-course Estonian record in the 200 m backstroke (2:02.67) at the 2012 European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[2] Olvik currently trains for the Estonian national team, while coaching numerous age groups at Kalev Swim School in Tallinn.[3]
Olvik competed for the Estonian team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he raced his way to the top of the field with a solid 2:03.12 to crush the Estonian record and comfortably register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) by about eight tenths of a second at the Baltic State Multi-Nations Meet in Riga, Latvia.[4] Rallying from fifth at the 150-metre turn in heat two, Olvik tried to maintain his pace towards the final stretch, until the host nation China's Deng Jian made a late surge by more than half a second to edge him out to sixth with a 2:03.66. Olvik failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed fortieth overall in the prelims.[5] [6]