Dmytro Yuriyovych Vereitinov ( uk, Дмитро Юрійович Вереітінов; born January 10, 1983) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He currently holds a Ukrainian record of 7:21.42 in the
4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the
2005 FINA World Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (french: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's I ...
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Vereitinov is also a member of SC Ukraina Kharkiv, and is trained by his father and lifelong coach Yuriy Vereitinov.
Vereitinov qualified for two swimming events at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
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Athens, by clearing a FINA B-cut of 1:52.55 (200 m freestyle) from the
European Championships
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Madrid, Spain. In the
200 m freestyle, Vereitinov eclipsed his personal best of 1:51.38 to lead the third heat, but finished only in twenty-seventh place from the morning's preliminaries. He also teamed up with
Serhiy Fesenko
Sergey Fesenko Jr. (also spelled as Sergiy or Serhiy, born June 5, 1982) is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Ukraine. He competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and qualified to r ...
,
Serhiy Advena
Serhiy Mykolaiovych Advena ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Адвена; born August 4, 1984) is a Ukrainian former swimmer who specializes in the freestyle and butterfly swimming styles. He is a two-time Olympian (2004 and 2008), and a ...
, and
Maksym Kokosha
Maksym Mykolaiovych Kokosha ( uk, Максим Миколайович Кокоша; born August 9, 1983, in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a two-time Universiade ...
in the
4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the third leg in heat one, Vereitinov recorded a split of 1:50.34, but the Ukrainians settled for sixth place and twelfth overall, in a final time of 7:24.13.
References
External links
Profile – Swim Ukraine
1983 births
Living people
Ukrainian male swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Ukraine
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
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