Konstantin Ushkov (russian: Константин Ушков ; born August 2, 1977) is a retired
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
from
Russia
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, who won silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics in freestyle relay. He also competed for
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...
at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
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sports-reference
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1977 births
Living people
People from Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Russian male butterfly swimmers
Kyrgyzstani male butterfly swimmers
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Russia
Olympic swimmers for Kyrgyzstan
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Russian emigrants to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent
20th-century Russian people
21st-century Russian people
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