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Farkhod Oripov (Russian: Фарход Орипов; born April 9 1984) is a retired Tajikistani swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Oripov qualified for the men’s 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by receiving a Universality place from FINA without meeting a standard entry time. He participated in an unprecedented first heat against two other swimmers Karim Bare of Niger and Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea later dubbed himself as Eric the Eel.