Everything about Yevgeny Sadovyi totally explained
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi (; born
January 19,
1973) is a retired
Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the
1992 Summer Olympics at
Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by
Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
Career
Born in
Volgograd, Sadovyi started swimming at age six. In
1981 his family moved to
Volgograd, and two years later the young Yevgeny started to train for international competitions.
In
1991 at the
European Championship in
Athens he was gold medallist in the 400 m and 4×200 m relay, both freestyle.
In
1992 at
Barcelona, the 19 year old Sadovyi revealed as the strongest swimmer of the Olympic games, winning three gold medals and setting two world records in the 400 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relay for his team. He missed the
Giorgio Lamberti's world record in the 200 m freestyle race by a 0.01 second, but cut 1.47 seconds off
Kieren Perkins' record in the 400 m, beating the same
Australian swimmer.
In
1993 Sadovyi was second in the 200 m freestyle at the
European Championship in
Sheffield, plus two other golds in freestyle relays. He retired in September,
1996.
Personal bests
In long-course swimming pools Sadovyi's personal bests are:
- 200 m freestyle: 1:46.70
- 400 m freestyle: 3:45.00
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