Yuriy Hromak
Appearance
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Born | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 26 March 1948|||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 December 1998 | (aged 50)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Lviv | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuri Petrovich Hromak (Ukrainian: Yuriy Petrovych Hromak; Russian: Юрій Петрович Громак; 26 March 1948 – 14 December 1998)[1][2] was a Ukrainian former backstroke swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a European gold in the 200 backstroke in 1966. During his short career, he won two national titles, in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke in 1967. He retired in 1970.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympedia - Yury Gromak". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Biography of Yuriy Hromak (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Yuriy Hromak". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- 1998 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lviv
- Ukrainian male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Soviet male backstroke swimmers
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