Oleh Lisohor

Oleh Lisohor

Personal information
Full name	Олег Лісогор
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1979-01-17) 17 January 1979 Brovary, Soviet Union
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in) (6'4")
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Meteor
Coach	Victor Turchin
Medal record World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke 2001 Fukuoka 50 m breaststroke 2003 Barcelona 50 m breaststroke Short Course Worlds 2002 Moscow 50 m breaststroke 2002 Moscow 100 m breaststroke 2006 Shanghai 100 m breaststroke 2006 Shanghai 50 m breaststroke 2008 Manchester 50 m breaststroke 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m medley relay 2000 Athens 50 m breaststroke 2008 Manchester 100 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2002 Berlin 50 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 100 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 50 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 100 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 50 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 50 m breaststroke 1999 Istanbul 50 m breaststroke 2000 Helsinki 50 m breaststroke 2006 Budapest 4×100 m medley 2000 Helsinki 4×100 m medley 2006 Budapest 100 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2001 Antwerp 50 m breaststroke 2001 Antwerp 100 m breaststroke 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m freestyle 2002 Riesa 50 m breaststroke 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke 2003 Dublin 50 m breaststroke 2004 Vienna 50 m breaststroke 2005 Trieste 50 m breaststroke 2005 Trieste 100 m breaststroke 2006 Helsinki 50 m breaststroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 2007 Debrecen 50 m breaststroke 1999 Lisbon 50 m breaststroke 2005 Trieste 100 m medley 2002 Riesa 100 m medley Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing 50 m breaststroke 2001 Beijing 100 m breaststroke 2003 Daegu 4×100 m medley 2005 Izmir 50 m breaststroke 2005 Izmir 100 m breaststroke 2005 Izmir 4×100 m medley 2003 Daegu 50 m breaststroke 2003 Daegu 100 m breaststroke

Oleh Lisohor (born 17 January 1979 in Brovary, Kiev Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian swimmer.

Career

Lisohor is the former world record holder in the 50 metres breaststroke, long course, with 27.18 seconds. The record was set in Berlin on 2 August 2002. Lisohor is also the former record holder over 50 metres breaststroke (short course). He took part in three Olympics Games.

He won two world titles in the 50 m breaststroke, in 2001 and 2007.

He made an appearance in Régis Wargnier's film East/West.

See also

• World record progression 50 metres breaststroke

References

• (Norwegian) Verdensrekord på 50 m bryst from NTB, published 21 January 2006.
• FINA 25m WORLD RECORD, PDF Retrieved 21 January 2006.
• FINA 50m WORLD RECORD, PDF Retrieved 21 January 2006.
• OLEG LISOGOR from brama.com, Retrieved 21 January 2006.

External links

• Swim Rankings profile
• sports-reference

Records
Preceded by Ed Moses	World Record Holder Men's 50 Breaststroke 2 August 2002 – 18 April 2009	Succeeded by Cameron van der Burgh
Preceded by Ed Moses	World Record Holder Men's 50 Breaststroke (25m) 26 January 2002 – 8 November 2008	Succeeded by Cameron van der Burgh