Andriy Govorov

Andriy Govorov is a retired Ukrainian competitive swimmer, born on 10 April 1992 in Sevastopol, who specialized in the 50 metre butterfly and holds the world record in that event. He was European champion in the event in 2016 in London and again in 2018 in Glasgow, took bronze at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, and won three European Short Course titles in the 50 metre butterfly between 2011 and 2015. On 1 July 2018 at the Trofeo Sette Colli in Rome he swam 22.27 seconds to break the long course world record that Rafael Munoz had held for nine years. After the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea he kept competing for Ukraine, and he swam at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, where he set a national record in the 50 metre freestyle.