Mykhailo Mykhailovych Romanchuk ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Романчук; born 7 August 1996,

Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) is a Ukrainian

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 ...

Career

At the Singapore World Cup leg in October 2016, he set a world cup record of 14:15.49 in the 1500 meter freestyle (

short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ...

), breaking the previous record by over 12 seconds. He holds several distance freestyle

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and the current

olympic record Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games, including: * Archery (list) * Alpine skiing (records recognized only by FIS) * Athletics (list) ...

in the 800-meter freestyle. In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural

International Swimming League The International Swimming League (ISL) is an annual professional swimming league, established in 2019. It features a team-based competition format with fast-paced race sessions. In 2019, the regular season started in October and the Final Match ...

swimming for the

Energy Standard Energy Standard are one of the four founding European teams for the International Swimming League. The team is based in Paris, France and trains out of the Gloria Sports Arena in Belek, Turkey. The team won each of their matches in the first s ...

, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. On 27 July 2021, he set a record for

with a result of 7:41.28 and reached the final of the 800 meters freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Romanchuk reached the final with the best result.

Personal life

His wife is Ukrainian

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* * 1996 births Living people Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Rivne Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic swimmers of Ukraine Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub