Vadym Lepskyy
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UkraineKremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vadym Lepskyy |
| National team | Ukraine |
| Born | 9 July 1985 Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| Club | ZS Kiev |
Vadym Lepskyy (Ukrainian: Вадим Лепський; born July 9, 1985) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won numerous medals in both the 200 and 400 m individual medley at the Ukrainian national championships.[2]
Lepskyy competed for the Ukrainian team in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 2:02.94 (200 m individual medley) and 4:21.16 (400 m individual medley) at the Multinations Swim Meet in Prague, Czech Republic.[3] On the first day of the Games, Lepskyy cruised to sixth place in the final heat and twentieth overall by thirteen seconds behind U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps (4:07.82) in 4:20.96.[4] In the 200 m individual medley, Lepskyy challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian and California Bears swimmer Miguel Molina of the Philippines. He raced to third place by 0.12 of a second behind Molina with a time of 2:01.73. Lepskyy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.[5]
