Maksym Shemberev (born 25 September 1993) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

(until 2015) and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i (since 2015) swimmer.

Career

Maksym Shemberev was born and raised in Ukraine. He competes in the Men's individual medley and represented Ukraine until 2015. Shemberev represented Ukraine at

2012 Summer 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 ...

in London. He finished 15th overall in the Men's 400 metre individual medley heats and failed to reach the final . In 2015, Shemberev switched to represent Azerbaijan. During the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

in Baku, Shemberev won four gold medals in Men's 200 meter butterfly, 400 meter individual medley, 800 meter freestyle and 1500 meter freestyle categories.

References

1993 births Living people Azerbaijani male swimmers Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming Male medley swimmers Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Olympic swimmers for Azerbaijan Olympic swimmers for Ukraine Swimmers from Kyiv Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Ukrainian emigrants to Azerbaijan Ukrainian male swimmers {{Azerbaijan-swimming-bio-stub