Volodymyr Hryhorovych Nikolaychuk ( uk, Володимир Григорович Ніколайчук,НІКОЛАЙЧУК Володимир Григорович
/ref> born 29 April 1975) is a

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimme ...

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

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

, who represented his native country at three consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...

, starting in 1996. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the 2000 European Long Course Championships in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, Finland.

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* * Ukrainian male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Ukraine 1975 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade {{Ukraine-swimming-bio-stub