Oleg Lyashko (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oleg Lyashko |
| National team |
 Uzbekistan |
| Born |
13 October 1982 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
Oleg Lyashko (Uzbek: Олег Ляшко; born October 13, 1982) is an Uzbek former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Lyashko qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard of 56.08 from the Kazakhstan Open Championships in Almaty.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 17-year-old Michal Rubáček of the Czech Republic. He raced to second place by a 1.03-second margin behind winner Rubacek in a personal best of 55.90. Lyashko failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-sixth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Oleg Lyashko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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