Veniamin Igorevich Tayanovich (russian: Вениамин Игоревич Таянович; born 6 April 1967 in

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

) is a retired

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

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 ...

. Tayanovich is best known for winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, alongside

Vladimir Pyshnenko Vladimir Vasilevich Pyshnenko (russian: Владимир Васильевич Пышненко; born 25 March 1970) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who won one gold medal and two silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and on ...

Dmitry Lepikov Dmitry Mikhaylovich Lepikov (russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Лепиков; born 21 April 1972) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer. He had his best achievements in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. In this event he won a gold meda ...

Aleksey Kudryavtsev Aleksey Kudryavtsev (russian: Алексей Кудрявцев; born 28 October 1972) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer, who was affiliated with ''Profsoyuzy Moskva''. He is the father of three time 2013, 2014 and 2015 World All-Around Rh ...

(heats), Yury Mukhin (heats) and

Yevgeny Sadovyi Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi (russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen ...

. At the same Olympic Games he also claimed the silver medal with the 4 × 100 m freestyle team, swimming in the qualifying heats.

References

* 1967 births Living people Russian male freestyle swimmers Soviet male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Unified Team Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Ufa Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub