Yevgeny Sadovyi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yevgeny Sadovyi (born 19 January 1973) is a Russian former swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
[edit] Career
Born in Volzky, Sadovyi started swimming at age six. In 1981 his family moved to Volgograd, and two years later the young Yevgenyi started to train for international competitions.
| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  Unified Team |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s swimming | |||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 200 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
In 1991 at the European Championship in Athens he was gold medallist in the 400m and 4x200m relay, both freestyle.
In 1992 at Barcelona, 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 400m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relay for his team. He missed the Giorgio Lamberti's world record in the 200m freestyle race by a 0.01 second, but cut 1.47 seconds off Kieren Perkins' record in the 400m, beating the same Australian swimmer.
In 1993 Sadovyi was second in the 200m freestyle at the European Championship in Sheffield, plus two other golds in freestyle relays. He retired in September, 1996.
[edit] Personal bests
In long-course swimpools Sadovyi's personal bests are:
- 200m freestyle: 1:46.70
- 400m freestyle: 3:45.00
| Olympic champions in men's 200 m freestyle |
|---|
| 1900: Frederick Lane | 1968: Michael Wenden | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Bruce Furniss | 1980: Sergey Kopliakov | 1984: Michael Groß | 1988: Duncan Armstrong | 1992: Yevgeny Sadovyi | 1996: Danyon Loader | 2000: Pieter van den Hoogenband | 2004: Ian Thorpe |
| Olympic champions in men's 400 m freestyle |
|---|
| 1906: Otto Scheff | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Johnny Weissmuller | 1928: Alberto Zorrilla | 1932: Buster Crabbe | 1936: Jack Medica | 1948: William Smith | 1952: Jean Boiteux | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: Murray Rose | 1964: Don Schollander | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Brad Cooper | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: George DiCarlo | 1988: Uwe Daßler | 1992: Yevgeny Sadovyi | 1996: Danyon Loader | 2000: Ian Thorpe | 2004: Ian Thorpe |
1908 Great Britain - John Henry Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor
1912 Australasia - Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick
1920 United States - Perry McGilivray, Pua Kela Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku
1924 United States - Johnny Weissmuller, Walter O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer
1928 United States - Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac
1932 Japan - Masonori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yomoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda
1936 Japan - Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Suguira, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi
1948 United States - Walter Ris, James McLane, Wallace Wolf, William Smith
1952 United States - Wayne Moore, William Woolsey, Ford Konno, James McLane
1956 Australia - Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks
1960 United States - George Harrison, Richard Blick, Michael Troy, Jeffrey Farrell
1964 United States - Don Schollander, Stephen Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman
1968 United States - Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych
1972 United States - Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter
1976 United States - Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery
1980 Soviet Union - Sergei Kopliakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrei Krylov
1984 United States - Michael Heath, David Larson, Jeffrey Float, Bruce Hayes
1988 United States - Troy Dalbey, Matthew Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi
1992 Unified Team - Dmitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychnenko, Veniamin Taianovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi
1996 United States - Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Bradley Schumacher, Ryan Berube
2000 Australia - Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby
2004 United States - Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller
| Preceded by Tamás Darnyi |
World Swimmer of the Year 1992 |
Succeeded by Károly Güttler |
