Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov (; born 14 June 1984) is a freestyle

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from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming. Prilukov was born in Sverdlovsk. He is a five-time European champion (long course), eight-time European champion (short course) and five-time World Short Course Champion and has also set three European records. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Prilukov finished sixth in the 400 meters freestyle and fourth in the 1500 metres freestyle. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

he finished seventh in the 400 m freestyle and fourth once again in the 1500 m freestyle.

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