Yury Prilukov Explained

Yury Prilukov
Fullname:Юрий Александрович Прилуков
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Yunost, Yekaterinburg
Birth Date:1984 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.880NaN0
Weight:80kg (180lb)

Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Прилуков; born 14 June 1984) is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming.

Prilukov was born in Sverdlovsk. He is a five-time European champion (long course), eight-time European champion (short course) and five-time World Short Course Champion and has also set three European records. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Prilukov finished sixth in the 400 meters freestyle and fourth in the 1500 metres freestyle. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the 400 m freestyle and fourth once again in the 1500 m freestyle.

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