Yury Prilukov

Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Прилуков; born 14 June 1984 in Sverdlovsk) is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming.

Yury Prilukov
Personal information
Full nameЮрий Александрович Прилуков
Nationality Russia
Born (1984-06-14) 14 June 1984
Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk, Russia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubYunost, Yekaterinburg

Prilukov is a five-time European champion (long course), eight-time European champion (short course) and five-time World Short Course Champion and has also set three European records. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Prilukov finished sixth in the 400 meters freestyle and fourth in the 1500 metres freestyle. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the 400 m freestyle and fourth once again in the 1500 m freestyle.

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.