Volodymyr Hryhorovych Nikolaychuk (,НІКОЛАЙЧУК Володимир Григорович
/ref> born 29 April 1975) is a

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

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 ...

from

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, who represented his native country at three consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

, starting in 1996. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 2000 European Long Course Championships in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland.

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* * Ukrainian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Ukraine 1975 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub