Yury Valerievich Mukhin (; born August 14, 1971) is a retired
Russia
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freestyle swimmer
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, who was affiliated with ''Profsojuzy Samara''.
Mukhin is best known for winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle event at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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at
Barcelona
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, alongside
Vladimir Pyshnenko
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,
Dmitry Lepikov
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Lepikov (; 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 medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olym ...
,
Veniamin Tayanovich
Veniamin Igorevich Tayanovich (; born 6 April 1967) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer.
Tayanovich is best known for winning the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, alongside Vladimi ...
,
Aleksey Kudryavtsev
Aleksey Kudryavtsev (; 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 Rhythmic Gymnastics Gold Medalists Yana Ku ...
(heats) and
Yevgeny Sadovyi
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. He just swam in the preliminary heats.
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1971 births
Living people
Soviet male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk
Russian male freestyle swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
20th-century Russian sportsmen
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