Viktor Smyrnov Explained
Viktor Smyrnov
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Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Full Name: | Viktor Serhiiovych Smyrnov |
Birth Place: | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Strokes: | Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly |
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Viktor Serhiiovych Smyrnov (Ukrainian: Віктор Сергійович Смирнов; born 2 August 1986) is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S11 events.
Viktor has competed at two Paralympic games, winning ten medals, five of them gold. In the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won all of his five golds winning the backstroke, butterfly and freestyle, the individual medley, and the freestyle, he also finished second behind countryman Oleksandr Mashchenko who broke the world record in the 100m breaststroke and picked up a bronze in the freestyle. The 2008 Summer Paralympics would not prove as profitable in terms of medals for Viktor as he picked up three bronzes, in the 100m backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. He was disqualified in the 100m freestyle final, finished fifth in the 50m freestyle and fourth in the 400m freestyle.[1]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Viktor Smyrnov . Paralympic.org . .
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- Web site: 2017-02-11 . УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №909/2008 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 2023-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081411/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/9092008-8053 . 11 February 2017 .
- Web site: 2018-01-13 . УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №433/2012 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 2023-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113203053/http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4332012-14479 . 13 January 2018 .
- Web site: Про відзначення державними нагородами України . 2023-07-14 . Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України . uk.