Aleksey Viktorovich Markovsky (russian: Алексей Викторович Марковский; born 17 May 1957) is a retired Russian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

; he finished eighth in the 100 m butterfly event at the same Olympics. After the games, between 1981 and 1986 (aged 24–29) he won ten medals at the World and European Championships, mostly in relay events. He missed the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

that were boycotted by the Soviet Union, and took part in the

Friendship Games The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (russian: Дружба-84, ''Druzhba-84''), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Su ...

instead. He graduated from the Ural State University of Physical Culture in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

. After retiring from swimming, between 1988 and 1992 he was the head coach of the junior Soviet swimming team.Марковский Алексей
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People from Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast 1957 births Living people Russian male swimmers Russian male freestyle swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Soviet male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Kurgan Oblast {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub