Maxim Podoprigora
| File:Maxim Podoprigora Wien 6-2008a.jpg | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Austria |
| Born | April 18, 1978 Kiev, Ukraine |
| Height | 6'1" (186 cm) |
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Club | ASV Wien |
Maxim Podoprigora (born April 18, 1978 in Kiev, Ukraine)[1] is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Austria. He has swum for Austria at 3 Olympics (2000, 2004 and 2008[2]) swimming the 200 breaststroke at all 3 and the 100 breaststroke in 2004.[2][3]
He swims for Vienna Swim Club (ASV Wien) and studied at the University of Vienna, both in Vienna, Austria.[2] He serves in the Austrian Army.[2]
His primary event is the 200 breaststroke.[4] In 2001, he garnered a silver medal at the World Championships in the event, in an Austrian Record of 2:11.09. In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in the 200 breaststroke. At the European Short Course Championships, he has won medales in the event in: 1998 (bronze), 2001 (gold) and 2002 (silver).
He is Jewish.[3]
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Austrian Jews
- Austrian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Austrian swimmers
- Jewish swimmers
- Male breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Austria
- Ukrainian emigrants to Austria
- Ukrainian Jews
- Sportspeople from Vienna
- University of Vienna alumni
- Sportspeople from Kiev
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
