Vladimir Vasilevich Pyshnenko (russian: Владимир Васильевич Пышненко; born 25 March 1970) is a Russian former

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who won one gold medal and two silver medals at the

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and one silver medal at the

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. He also won two silver medals at the

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and one gold medal at the

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Career

Olympics

Vladimir Pyshnenko qualified for both the

, and the

. He represented the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympics due to the recent

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. In the 1992 games, he won a gold

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and set a world record for the 4×200 m freestyle relay, a silver medal for the 4×100 m freestyle relay, and another silver medal for the 4×100 m medley relay. In the 1996 games, he represented newly-formed

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, and won a silver medal for the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Masters swimming

After a successful professional swimming career, Vlad Pyshnenko continues to swim through the U.S. Masters Swimming program. Currently, Pyshnenko holds 3 World records and a couple of American records in masters program: For men 35-39 he holds the 100 yards freestyle American record of 44.24 seconds

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yards (SCY), and the 200 meters freestyle World Record of 1:52.84

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meters (LCM). For men 40-44 he holds the 100 meters freestyle World record of 51.72 seconds (LCM), and the 200 meter freestyle World record of 1:53.65 (LCM).

Coaching

Since arriving in the U.S., Pyshnenko has coached at COHO Swim Club, Glenbrook Aquatics (formerly Northbrook Spartan Swim Club) in

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, Deerfield High School in

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, and at CATS Aquatic Team. He is currently the Head Senior Coach for the CATS Aquatic Team in

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Personal life

Pyshnenko has one daughter, Daria Pyshnenko (b. 1999).Daria Pyshnenko - Profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyshnenko, Vladimir 1970 births Living people Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Soviet male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don Russian swimming coaches World record setters in swimming Russian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming