▁sw imm ers ▁Category : Common wealth ▁Games ▁silver ▁med all ists ▁for ▁Australia ▁Category : Sw imm ers ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Commonwealth ▁Games ▁Category : Common wealth ▁Games ▁med all ists ▁in ▁sw imming ▁Category : Place ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Sem en ▁Alexand rov ich ▁Alt sh uler ▁( also ▁Alt sh ull er , ▁Al ' t sh uler ▁or ▁Al ' sh ull er ; ▁; ▁September ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁– ▁January ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Soviet ▁phys ic ist ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁reson ance ▁spect ro sc opy ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁for ▁theoretical ▁prediction ▁of ▁ac oust ic ▁param agnet ic ▁reson ance ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁Alt sh uler ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁in ▁V ite b sk , ▁now ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁Bel arus , ▁near ▁the ▁border ▁with ▁Russia . ▁He ▁finished ▁school ▁in ▁N iz h ny ▁Nov gor od ▁and ▁later ▁moved ▁to ▁Kaz an , ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁physics ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁the ▁Kaz an ▁University ▁aim ing ▁to ▁study ▁theoretical ▁physics . ▁He ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁and ▁obtained ▁a ▁post - grad uate ▁scholar ship , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁change ▁university ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁scholar ship