Mykhailo Mykhailovych Romanchuk (; born 7 August 1996,

Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

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) is a Ukrainian

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Career

At the Singapore World Cup leg in October 2016, he set a world cup record of 14:15.49 in the 1500 meter freestyle ( short course), breaking the previous record by over 12 seconds. He holds several distance freestyle

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and the current

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in the 800-meter freestyle. In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural

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swimming for the Energy Standard, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. On 27 July 2021, he set a record for

with a result of 7:41.28 and reached the final of the 800 meters freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Romanchuk reached the final with the best result.

Personal life

He is married to Ukrainian athlete Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk.

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* * * * 1996 births Living people Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Rivne Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic swimmers for Ukraine Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Medalists at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub