Lenny Krayzelburg is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder, born Leonid Olehovych Krayzelburg in Odesa in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1975. His family left the Soviet Union in 1989 and settled in Los Angeles, where he commuted long distances to swim practice and learned English quickly to follow his coaches. A coach at Santa Monica recommended him to Mark Schubert at the University of Southern California. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won four Olympic gold medals in total, dominating the backstroke at Sydney in 2000 with an Olympic record of 53.72 in the 100 metres. He skipped the 2001 World Championships to concentrate on the 2001 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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born Leonid Olehovych Krayzelburg, September 28, 1975
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is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
He continued to dominate at the 2000 Summer Olympics backstroke
Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2004
He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a total of four Olympic gold medals.
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