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Russian swimmer
Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (Russian : Геннадий Серге́евич Пригода ; born 2 May 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia , who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988 , and then for the Unified Team in 1992 . The sprinter won four Olympic medals: two silver and two bronze. Prigoda trained at Armed Forces sports society in Kuibyshev .[1]
He started swimming in a club aged 7, together with his elder brother, Alexandr Prigoda , who also became a top Russian swimmer.[2] Between 1985 and 1991, he won three medals at the world championships, five medals at the European championships, and ten national titles in freestyle and medley relay events.[1] Gennadi Touretski considers him as his most technically gifted trainee.[3] Prigoda retired from active swimming in 1992. He graduated with a degree in pedagogy from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg , and started his own business with a travel company. He later defended PhD in pedagogy and in 2005 returned to the Lesgaft University to work as a professor of management.[1] [3]
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1962: France (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz ) 1966: East Germany (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer) 1970: Soviet Union (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov ) 1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke ) 1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker, Nocke ) 1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov ) 1983: Soviet Union (Smiryagin , Krasyuk , Tkacenko , Markovsky ) 1985: West Germany (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross ) 1987: East Germany (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski ) 1989: West Germany (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky ) 1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin , Prigoda , Tayanovich , Popov ) 1993: Russia (Predkin , Pyshnenko , Sadovyi , Popov ) 1995: Russia (Predkin , Shchegolev , Yegorov , Popov ) 1997: Russia (Popov , Yegorov , Pimankov , Pyshnenko ) 1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband ) 2000: Russia (Pimankov , Chernyshov , Kapralov , Popov ) 2002: Germany (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann ) 2004: Italy (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini ) 2006: Italy (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini ) 2008: Sweden (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson ) 2010: Russia (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov ) 2012: France (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius ) 2014: France (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius ) 2016: France (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon ) 2018: Russia (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov ) 2020: Russia (Minakov , Shchegolev , Grinev , Kolesnikov ) 2022: Italy (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo ) 2024: Serbia (Stjepanović , Aćin , Cvetkov, Barna )
1958: Soviet Union (Barbier , Minashkin , Chenenkov , Polevoy ) 1962: East Germany (Dietze , Henninger , Gregor , Wiegand ) 1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov , Prokopenko , Kuzmin , Ilyichov ) 1970: East Germany (Matthes , Katzur , Poser , Unger ) 1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Kusch , Meeuw , Nocke ) 1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Mörken , Kraus , Nocke ) 1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov , Kis , Markovsky , Krasyuk ) 1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Žulpa , Markovsky , Smiryagin ) 1985: West Germany (Lebherz , Beab , Gross , Schowtka ) 1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky , Volkov , Petrov , Prigoda ) 1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov , Volkov , Yaroshchuk , Bashkatov ) 1991: Soviet Union (Selkov , Volkov , Kulikov , Popov ) 1993: Russia (Selkov , Kirinchuk , Pankratov , Popov ) 1995: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Pankratov , Popov ) 1997: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Kulikov , Popov ) 1999: Netherlands (Zwering , Wouda , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband ) 2000: Russia (Aminov , Komornikov , Chernyshov , Popov ) 2002: Russia (Alechin , Sloudnov , Marchenko , Popov ) 2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin ) 2006: Russia (Vyatchanin , Sloudnov , Skvortsov , Kapralov ) 2008: Russia (Vyatchanin , Falko , Korotyshkin , Grechin ) 2010: France (Lacourt , Duboscq , Bousquet , Gilot ) 2012: Italy (Di Tora , Scozzoli , Rivolta , Magnini ) 2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Proud ) 2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Guy , Scott ) 2018: Great Britain (Pyle , Peaty , Guy , Scott ) 2020: Great Britain (Greenbank , Peaty , Guy , Scott ) 2022: Italy (Ceccon , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi ) 2024: Austria (Reitshammer , Bayer , Bucher , Gigler )