Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy is a Russian freestyle swimmer, born January 19, 1973, in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, in the Soviet Union. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, competing for the Unified Team, he won three gold medals, in the 200 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle and 4x200 meter freestyle relay, and was named Male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine that year. He also won multiple gold medals in freestyle events at the European Championships in the early 1990s and set world records in the 400 meter and 4x200 meter freestyle relay. He retired from competitive swimming in 1996 and became a coach, working with swimmers in Volgograd, Moscow and Libya.
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Career HighlightWon three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona 1 Classification
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Why did Yevgeny Sadovy stop competing after 1992?
He retired after not being selected for the 1996 Russian Olympic team and became a swimming coach.
Olympedia says he continued to compete for a few more seasons after 1992, but with less success. He retired from sports after he was not selected to the 1996 Russian Olympic team and began work as a swimming coach in his native Volgograd. Olympedia adds that he has coached the Russian national swimming team and has been head coach of the Libyan national swimming team.
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy (Russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
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born 19 January 1973
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19 January 1973
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a retired Russian freestyle swimmer
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won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy (Russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy (Russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
Competed In: 1992 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovy (Russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.
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