Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi (russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired

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who won three gold medals at the

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and was subsequently chosen by ''

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'' as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.

Career

Born in

Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast Volzhsky or Volzhskiy ( rus, Волжский, p=ˈvolʂskʲɪj) is an industrial town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba, northeast of Volgograd. Population: History Ther ...

, Sadovyi started swimming at the age of six. In 1981, his family moved to

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

, and two years later, young Yevgeny started to train for the international competitions. In 1991, at the European Championship in

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, Yevgeny Sadovyi was a gold medallist in the 400 m and 4×200 m relay, both freestyle. In 1992 at

, the 19-year-old Sadovyi revealed as the strongest swimmer of the Olympic games, winning three gold medals and setting two world records in the 400 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle relay for his team. He missed the

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's world record in the 200 m freestyle race by a 0.01 second, but cut 1.47 seconds off

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' record in the 400 m, beating the same

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n swimmer. In 1993, Sadovyi was second in the 200 m freestyle at the European Championship in

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, plus two other golds in freestyle relays. He retired in September 1996 to work as a swimming coach, first in his native Volgograd, then in Moscow, with the national team, and later in

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. His trainees include

Sergey Ostapchuk Sergey Ostapchuk (russian: Серге́й Остапчук; born 10 February 1976) is a retired Russian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 1999 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), World and 1999 European Aquatics Championships, Europe ...

and Yekaterina Kibalo. In 1996, Sadovyi graduated from an Olympic school and later from the State Institute of Sport, both in Volgograd.

Personal bests

In long-course swimming pools Sadovyi's personal bests are: *200 m freestyle: 1:46.70 *400 m freestyle: 3:45.00

References

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Career

Personal bests

See also

References