Yuri Kisil

Yuri Kisil
Personal information
Nickname(s) Kisil The Missile
National team  Canada
Born (1995-09-18) September 18, 1995
Calgary, Alberta
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club High Performance Centre-Vancouver, UBC Thunderbirds, Calgary Cascade Club.

Yuri Kisil (born September 18, 1995) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who is a freestyle sprinter.[1]

Kisil won multiple medals (all as a part of a relay team) at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Kisil also competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, where he won a bronze medal in the mixed medley relay.[2]

Career

In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Kisil was part of the relay team that finished seventh in the 4 x 100 m freestyle final, and individually got to the 100 m freestyle semifinals.[4]

Kisil is part of the University of British Columbia swimming team, with medals on both conference (Canada West) and national (U Sports) level.[5]


In April 2017, Kisil was named to Canada's 2017 World Aquatics Championships team in Budapest, Hungary.[6][7]

In September 2017, Kisil was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ COC Profile
  2. ↑ Cleveland, Amy (8 August 2015). "Swimming world championships: Canada earns bronze in mixed relay". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Yuri Kisil
  5. ↑ Athlete of the Month February 2017 — Yuri Kisil
  6. ↑ Sutherland, James (9 April 2017). "Canada To Send 26 Pool, 6 Open Water Swimmers To World Championships". www.swimswam.com. Swim Swam. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sydney Pickrem Sets Canadian Record, Team Canada Named on Exciting Final Night at Trials". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Swimming Canada Nominates 26 Athletes to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games Team". www.swimming.ca/. Swimming Canada. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Oleksiak, Masse headline Canadian swim team for Commonwealth Games". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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