- Yevgeny Sadovyi
Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi ( _ru. Евгений Викторович Садовый; born
January 19 ,1973 ) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the1992 Summer Olympics atBarcelona and was subsequently chosen by "Swimming World magazine " as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.Career
Born in Volzhski, Sadovyi started swimming at age six. In
1981 his family moved toVolgograd , and two years later the young Yevgeny started to train for international competitions.In
1991 at the European Championship inAthens he was gold medallist in the 400 m and 4×200 m relay, both freestyle.In
1992 atBarcelona , 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 offKieren Perkins ' record in the 400 m, beating the sameAustralia n swimmer.In
1993 Sadovyi was second in the 200 m freestyle at the European Championship inSheffield , 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: 3:45.00References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/yevgeny-sadovy-1.html Profile]
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