Oleh Kolodiy ( uk, Олег Колодій; born 16 March 1993) is a Ukrainian diver.

Career

He began diving at age 12 in Mykolayiv. His coach is Larisa Afanasyeva since then. He debuted internationally in 2012 at FINA Diving Grand Prix. He is also a multiple European championships medalist: in 2013 he won bronze in 3m synchro diving with

Oleksandr Gorshkovozov Oleksandr Olehovych Horshkovozov ( uk, Олександр Олегович Горшковозов; born 18 July 1991, in Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what ...

and in 2015 he won bronze in 1m springboard. The

2017 European Diving Championships The 2017 European Diving Championships was the fifth edition of the European Diving Championships and was held on 12-18 June 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Schedule All times are local ( UTC+03:00). Participating nations Results Medal table Men ...

in home

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

was quite successful for Oleh where he won a silver in synchro diving with

Illya Kvasha Illya Olehovych Kvasha ( uk, Ілля Олегович Кваша; born 5 March 1988) is a Ukrainian diver. Competing with Oleksiy Prygorov, he won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Kvasha is al ...

and a bronze in individual 3m springboard diving. Later that year Oleh won bronze medal in pair with

at the

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in 3m synchro. Up to date it is his best achievement in his sporting career. He graduated from Mykolayiv National University where he studied mathematics. He received the Mykolayiv Citizen of the Year award in 2010 in the category of Sporting Hope of the Year. He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolodiy, Oleh 1993 births Living people Ukrainian male divers Sportspeople from Mykolaiv World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Ukraine Divers at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in diving European Games gold medalists for Ukraine