Ihor Snitko (Ігор Снітко, also spelled Igor Snitko, born 13 August 1978) is a

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from Ukraine, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle event at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain, followed by the gold medal two years later in Istanbul. He represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in Atlanta, Georgia (1996). Snitko was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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* 1978 births Living people Ukrainian male swimmers Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Ukraine Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Kharkiv {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub