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Russian swimmer (1963–2020)
Sergey Smiryagin
Smiryagin in 1983
Born (1963-10-27 ) 27 October 1963Died 11 July 2020(2020-07-11) (aged 56) Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 73 kg (161 lb) Sport Swimming
Sergey Smiryagin (Russian : Серге́й Смирягин ; 27 October 1963 – 11 July 2020) was a Russian freestyle swimmer .[1] He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle , but failed to reach the final.[2]
After the Olympics he won three European titles and three silver medals at the world championships,[3] as well as a gold medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade .[4] 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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1962: France (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz )
1966: East Germany (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer )
1970: Soviet Union (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke )
1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
1983: )
1985: West Germany (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross )
1987: East Germany (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski )
1989: West Germany (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky )
1991: Popov
)
1993: Popov
)
1995: Popov
)
1997: )
1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Popov
)
2002: Germany (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann )
2004: Italy (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini )
2006: Italy (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini )
2008: Sweden (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson )
2010: Russia (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov )
2012: France (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius )
2014: France (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius )
2016: France (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon )
2018: Russia (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov )
2020: )
2022: Italy (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo )
1958: Polevoy
)
1962: East Germany (Dietze , Henninger , Gregor , Wiegand )
1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov , Prokopenko , Kuzmin , Ilyichov )
1970: East Germany (Matthes , Katzur , Poser , Unger )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Kusch , Meeuw , Nocke )
1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Mörken , Kraus , Nocke )
1981: Krasyuk
)
1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Žulpa , Markovsky , Smiryagin )
1985: West Germany (Lebherz , Beab , Gross , Schowtka )
1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky , Volkov , Petrov , Prigoda )
1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov , Volkov , Yaroshchuk , Bashkatov )
1991: Popov
)
1993: Popov
)
1995: Popov
)
1997: Popov
)
1999: Netherlands (Zwering , Wouda , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Popov
)
2002: Popov
)
2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin )
2006: )
2008: )
2010: France (Lacourt , Duboscq , Bousquet , Gilot )
2012: Italy (Di Tora , Scozzoli , Rivolta , Magnini )
2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Proud )
2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2018: Great Britain (Pyle , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2020: Great Britain (Greenbank , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2022: Italy (Ceccon , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi )