Vyacheslav Sinkevich | |
Birth Place: | Krasnoobsk, Novosibirsk, Russia |
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Viatcheslav Sinkevich (born November 29, 1991, in Krasnoobsk) is a Russian swimmer.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 9th place overall in the heats, qualifying for the semi-final, but failing to reach the final. He was also part of Russia's 4 x 100 m medley relay team at that Olympics; that team also failed to reach the final.[2]
Later in 2012, Sinkevich won two medals at the World Short Course Championships, a silver in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay (with Stanislav Donets, Nikolay Skvortsov and Vladimir Morozov)[3] and a bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke.[4]
He has also won multiple medals at the European Short Course Championships, with gold in the 200 m breaststroke in 2012 and the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay in 2013, after a silver in the men's 200 m breaststroke in 2011.