Anton Kol
Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer (born 1990)
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Anton Kol (Ukrainian: Антон Миколайович Коль; born 1 June 1990)[1] is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer competing in S1-classification events. He won two silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the bronze medals in the men's 50 metre backstroke S1 and men's 100 metre backstroke S1 events.[2]
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| Born | 1 June 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Arthrogryposis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships he won the silver medal in the men's 50 metre backstroke S1 event and the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle S1 event.
At the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre freestyle S1 event, the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre freestyle S1 event and the silver medal in the men's 50 metre backstroke S1 event.
At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships he won the silver medal in the men's 50 metre backstroke S1 event and also the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S1 event.
He won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres backstroke S2 event at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland.[3] He also finished in 4th place in the men's 50 metres backstroke S2 competition.[4]
At the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, Kol won two world titles—taking gold in the men's 100 m backstroke S1 on 23 September and the men's 200 m freestyle S1 on 24 September—before adding bronze in the men's 50 m backstroke S1 on 26 September.[5][6][7]
