Oleksii Fedyna

Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer

Oleksii Fedyna

Personal information

Born

8 October 1987 (1987-10-08) (age 36)

Medal record

Men's para swimming

Representing Ukraine
Paralympic Games
	2008 Beijing	50 m freestyle S13
	2008 Beijing	100 m breaststroke SB13
	2008 Beijing	200 m medley SM13
	2012 London	100 m breaststroke SB13
	2016 Rio	100 m breaststroke SB13
	2008 Beijing	100 m backstroke S13
	2008 Beijing	100 m freestyle S13
	2012 London	50 m freestyle S13
World Championships
	2010 Eindhoven	100m breaststroke SB13
	2015 Glasgow	100 m breaststroke SB12
	2010 Eindhoven	50m freestyle S13
	2010 Eindhoven	4×100m medley 49pts
	2022 Madeira	100 m breaststroke SB12
	2023 Manchester	100 m breaststroke SB12
	2010 Eindhoven	200m medley SM13
European Championships
	2009 Reykjavik	50 m freestyle S13
	2009 Reykjavik	100 m freestyle S13
	2009 Reykjavik	100 m backstroke S13
	2009 Reykjavik	200 m medley SM13
	2009 Reykjavik	100 m breaststroke SB13
	2014 Eindhoven	100m breaststroke SB12
	2016 Funchal	100 m breaststroke SB12
	2016 Funchal	50m freestyle S13

Oleksii Fedyna (born 8 October 1987)^[1] is a visually impaired Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing in S13 events.

Career

Oleksii competed in seven events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing winning five medals, three of them gold. He made the final, but missed out on medals in the 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle, he also won silver medals in both the 100m backstroke and freestyle, on both occasions behind Greece's Charalampos Taiganidis who set world records in both events, his gold medals came in the 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m medley setting world records in each of the events in the process.^[2]

He is a former IPC world record holder for his classification for the 50 metres freestyle and 100 metres breaststroke events.^[3]

References

^ "Oleksii Fedyna". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2016-10-04.
^ "Oleksii Fedyna". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
^ "IPC Swimming World Records - Long Course". Retrieved 2 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}