Kirill Gennadievich Prigoda (russian: Кирилл Геннадьевич Пригода; born 29 December 1995) is a Russian

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 ...

. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Personal life

Prigoda's father,

Gennadiy Prigoda Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (russian: Геннадий Серге́евич Пригода; born 2 May 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988, and then for ...

, was a four-time Olympic medalist in swimming, and his mother, Yelena Volkova, was world champion in 200 m breaststroke. Prigoda is alumni at the SPbPU in the chair of "Strategic Management".Кирилл Пригода: «Я очень горжусь тем, что учусь в Политехническом»
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* 1995 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers from Saint Petersburg Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Russian male breaststroke swimmers Russian male freestyle swimmers Russian male medley swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub