Alexandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov (russian: Александр Николаевич Сухоруков, born 22 February 1988) is a Russian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in

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events. He competed in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, the 4 × 200 m relay at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the 4 × 100 m freestyle at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and won a silver medal in the relay in 2008. Kazan 2015 - Alexandr Sukhorukov 100m free final

Early life and education

Sukhorukov learned swimming from his mother, Svetlana, a professional swimming coach, and started systematic training at age 14 under Oleg Litvinenko and Sergei Fyodorov. In 2004 he was selected for the national team. After graduating from the Ukhta Technical University he moved to

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Personal life

In 2016, Sukhorukov became engaged to his girlfriend of three years, Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion

Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

. They now have one son.

References

1988 births Living people People from Ukhta Russian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World record holders in swimming Russian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from the Komi Republic Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub