Andriy Andriyovych Govorov ( uk, Андрій Андрійович Говоров; born 10 April 1992) is a Ukrainian competitive

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who holds the

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, European champion ( 2016 London) and bronze medalist in

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( 2017 Budapest) in 50 meters butterfly.

Personal life

Govorov was born on 10 April 1992 in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, Ukraine. A graduate of the Dnipro Higher School of Physical Culture, in 2016 he also attended the

Dnipro National University Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (DNU, uk, Дніпровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара) is an establishment of higher education in Dnipro, Ukraine. It was founded in 1918. ...

Career

International Swimming League

In spring 2020, Govorov signed to th
Toronto Titans
in their inaugural season.

European Championships

Govorov won a silver medal at the 50 meter butterfly and a bronze medal at the 50 meter freestyle during the

2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held 25–28 November 2010 at Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet featured competition amongst national teams from Europe, in 38 short course (25m) ...

. During the

2010 FINA Short Course World Championships The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) ...

he again won a silver medal at the 50 meter butterfly. Between 2011 and 2015, he won three gold medals in the 50 m butterfly at the

European Short Course Swimming Championships The European Short Course Swimming Championships (variously referred to informally as the "Short Course Europeans" or "European 25m Championships") are a swimming meet, organized by LEN. The meet features swimmers from Europe, competing in events ...

. Following the 2014 Russian annexation of his native Crimea Govorov ruled out changing his nationality and continues to compete for Ukraine. At the

2016 European Aquatics Championships The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre. It was the thirty second edition of the event, and the second held in the same year as a Summer Olympics. Hosts Gr ...

in London, he won the gold medal in the 50 m butterfly (

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). In the semifinals he swam a time of 22.73, which broke his own

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and

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records. It was also the fastest time ever swum in a textile swimsuit. At the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

in Glasgow, Govorov won gold in the 50 metre butterfly, in a championship record time of 22.48.

Other

On July 1, 2018, Govorov broke the long course world record in the 50m butterfly, held for 9 years by Spain's Rafael Muñoz, in a time of 22.27, beating the 2017 world champion in the same event Ben Proud (22.93) and the Dutchman Mathys Goosen (23.55) at the Trofeo Sette Colli held in Rome, Italy.

References

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About Hovorov
at the

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of Ukraine (10 April 2016) {{DEFAULTSORT:Govorov, Andriy 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Sevastopol Ukrainian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Ukraine Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Oles Honchar Dnipro National University alumni World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World record holders in swimming Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine