Pavel Sankovich

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Pavel Sankovich
butterfly
ClubSK VS Minsk
College teamFlorida State University (U.S.)
CoachHenadziy Vishniakou
Frank Bradley (U.S.)
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Belarus
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Windsor 4x50 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szczecin 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szczecin 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 4×50 m mixed medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 4×50 m medley

Pavel Paulavich Sankovich (Belarusian: Павел Паўлавіч Санковіч; born 29 June 1990) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in sprint backstroke and butterfly events.[1][2] He represented his native Belarus in three editions of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012 and 2016), and has won a total of seven bronze medals in major international competition, in both the long and short course European Championships.[1][3]

Career

Early years

Sankovich made his first Belarusian team, as an 18-year-old, at the

Yauheni Lazuka, Viktar Vabishchevich, and two-time Olympian Stanislau Neviarouski for the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming the backstroke leg, Sankovich recorded a time of 55.11 seconds, and the Belarusian team went on to finish the heats in sixteenth place, for a total time of 3:39.39.[6]

Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Sankovich qualified for his second Belarusian team, as a 22-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 54.56 in the men's 100 m backstroke.[7][8] He was third heat of his 100 m backstroke, and won it with a new Belarusian record of 54.53, but narrowly missed a spot in the semifinals by one hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Olympic veteran Aristeidis Grigoriadis, placing eighteenth out of 43 swimmers in the prelims.[9] In the 100 m butterfly, Sankovich finished the race in thirty-fourth overall by seven hundredths of a second (0.07) behind Switzerland's Dominik Meichtry with 53.47.[10]

Post-London era

In January 2013, Sankovich attended the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he majored in social science.[11] While swimming for the Florida State Seminoles under head coach Frank Bradley, Sankovich had obtained a total of five individual event All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, and set five university records for two consecutive seasons in the 100 m backstroke, 100 m butterfly, and 200 m individual medley.[12]

Sankovich showed a tremendous improvement on the international scene at the 2014 European Championships in Berlin, Germany, overhauling the 52-second barrier in the 100 m butterfly to produce his own lifetime best (51.92) and collect his first ever bronze medal of the meet.[13][14] The 2015 season brought a stellar feat for Sankovich, as he swam a career best and the world's third fastest time (51.57) in the 100 m butterfly at the Belarus Open, but could not beat his rival Yauhen Tsurkin, who was faster by 0.13 of a second, lowering the Belarusian record.[15]

At the 2016 Olympics, he took part in the 100 m butterfly, finishing in 28th place.[2]

Pavel is now co-owner (with his wife) of the United Swim Club in Tallahassee and was named in 2019 as the head swim coach for Maclay School in Tallahassee, Florida.

References

  1. ^
    LOCOG. Archived from the original
    on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pavel Sankovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original
    on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. Swimming World Magazine
    . p. 23. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  6. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  7. FINA. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Swimmer Pavel Sankovich qualifies for 2012 Olympics". Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  9. LOCOG. Archived from the original
    on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  10. LOCOG. Archived from the original
    on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  11. ^ Herdt, Layne (26 March 2013). "The Belarusian Bullet". Florida State Seminoles. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  12. Swimming World Magazine
    . 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  13. Swimming World Magazine
    . 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. ^ Lord, Craig (25 February 2014). "Euro Champs: Czerniak & Kawecki End Title Drought For Poland With One Day To Go". Swim Vortex. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  15. ^ Salerno, Christa (20 April 2015). "Sankovich Shines at Belarus Open". Florida Swim Network. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

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