Illya Kvasha
Illya Olehovych Kvasha (Ukrainian: Ілля Олегович Кваша; born 5 March 1988)[1] is a Ukrainian diver. Competing with Oleksiy Prygorov, he won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Kvasha is also a multiple European champion both individual and synchronised.[2][3]
Career
He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in both the individual and the synchro with Prygorov.[4] At the 2016 Olympics, he reached the final of the individual 3 m springboard.[5]
He specializes in 1m and 3m springboard. He is twice silver medalist of the World Championships in 1m competition and once bronze medalist in 3m synchro event which was his greatest success in a synchro competition since Olympic bronze.
Kvasha is one of the most famous and popular modern Ukrainian athletes. He was also thrice awarded The Best Sportsman of the Month by the NOC of Ukraine: in March 2008, April 2009, and June 2017.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Ілля Кваша: Діти в Миколаєві носять мене на руках" [Illya Kvasha interview]. Ukrayina Moloda (in Ukrainian). 24 April 2009.
- ^ Kvasha retains 1m title in Budapest, SuperSport (August 11, 2010)
- ^ European Swimming Championship Results, Yahoo! Sports (August 12, 2010)
- ^ "Illia Kvasha Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ^ "Results - Mens 3m Springboard - Diving - Rio 2016 - Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ^ Ілля Кваша – найкращий спортсмен червня в Україні! National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, July 3, 2017
External links
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Ukrainian male divers
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of Ukraine
- Sportspeople from Mykolaiv
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Universiade medalists in diving
- Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine
- Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- European diving (sport) biography stubs
- Ukrainian sportspeople stubs