Mykhailo Romanchuk
Mykhailo Mykhailovych Romanchuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Романчук; born 7 August 1996, Rivne, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian swimmer.[1]
At the Singapore World Cup leg in October 2016, he set a world cup record of 14:15.49 in the 1500 meter freestyle (short course), breaking the previous record by over 12 seconds.[2] He holds several distance freestyle national records and the current olympic record in the 800-meter freestyle.[3]
On 27 July 2021, he set a record for Ukraine with a result of 7:41.28 and reached the final of the 800 meters freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Romanchuk reached the final with the best result.
International Swimming League
In the Autumn of 2019 he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[4]
Personal life
His wife is Ukrainian long jumper Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk.[5]
References
- ^ "Романчук Михайло" [Romanchuk Mykhailo] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Swimming Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Neidigh, Lauren (22 October 2016). "Chalmers wins his first 2016 World Cup gold on day 2 in Singapore". Swimswam. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Men's 800m Freestyle Heats Results" (PDF). olympics.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Семейство Романчук – красивая пара, которой будет к лицу олимпийское золото
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers
- People from Rivne
- Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Ukraine
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine
- Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Ukrainian swimming biography stubs