Ivar Stukolkin (born 13 August 1960) is a retired Estonian swimmer. He is an Olympic champion in swimming.

Achievements

Besides two Olympic medals Stukolkin won a silver medal at the 1982 World Championships (4×200 m freestyle relay). He has been

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champion once in 1978 and has won sixteen titles in Estonian SSR.

Records

Stukolkin set 32 Estonian national records. His 1980 national record in 400 metre

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3.53,95 stood 39 years until it was broken in 2019.

References

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1960 births Living people Swimmers from Tallinn Estonian male freestyle swimmers Soviet male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Estonian people of Russian descent Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Estonian swimming coaches {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub