Oleg Lyashko (swimmer)

Oleg Lyashko
Personal information
Full name Oleg Lyashko
National team  Uzbekistan
Born (1982-10-13) 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

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Oleg Lyashko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.


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