Sergey Smiryagin

Sergey Smiryagin

Rowdy Gaines & Sergey Smiryagin (1983)
Personal information
Born	(1963-10-27) 27 October 1963
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record World Championships 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m medley 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle European Championships 1981 Split 4×100 m medley 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley 1983 Rome 100 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1983 Edmonton 100 m freestyle Friendship Games 1984 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle 1984 Moscow 4×100 m medley 1984 Moscow 100 m freestyle

Sergey Smiryagin (Russian: Серге́й Смирягин; born 27 October 1963) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle, but failed to reach the final.^[1]

After the Olympics he won three European titles and three silver medals at the world championships,^[2] as well as a gold medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade.^[3] He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union and competed in the Friendship Games instead, winning three gold medals.

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