Oleksii Fedyna
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Born | 8 October 1987 | (age 36)
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Oleksii Fedyna (born 8 October 1987)[1] is a visually impaired Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing in S13 events.
Career
Oleksii competed in seven events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing winning five medals, three of them gold. He made the final, but missed out on medals in the 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle, he also won silver medals in both the 100m backstroke and freestyle, on both occasions behind Greece's Charalampos Taiganidis who set world records in both events, his gold medals came in the 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m medley setting world records in each of the events in the process.[2]
He is a former IPC world record holder for his classification for the 50 metres freestyle and 100 metres breaststroke events.[3]
References
- ^ "Oleksii Fedyna". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04.
- ^ Oleksii Fedyna at the International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "IPC Swimming World Records - Long Course". Retrieved 2 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian male swimmers
- S13-classified Paralympic swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of Ukraine
- Paralympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Ukrainian swimming biography stubs
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