Roman Gennadyevich Ivanovsky (russian: Рома́н Геннадьевич Ивано́вский; born 29 June 1977 in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

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) is a retired male

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swimmer from

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, who won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres

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at the

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, Georgia. He only swam in the preliminary heats, and was replaced in the final by

Stanislav Lopukhov Stanislav Yuryevich Lopukhov (russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Лопухо́в; born 27 November 1972, Kaluga) is a retired men's breaststroke swimmer from Russia. He won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres medley relay at the 19 ...

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* 1977 births Living people Russian male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Sportspeople from Volgograd Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub