KOL Anton

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	50m Backstroke - S1	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:15.42
3	100m Backstroke - S1	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2:27.45
World Championships
2	50m Backstroke - S1	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:17.23
2	100m Backstroke - S1	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:36.11
2	50m Backstroke - S1	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:22.03
3	Men's 100m Freestyle S1	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	2:43.16
8	50m Backstroke - S2	2019	London, GBR	1:12.55
8	100m Backstroke - S2	2019	London, GBR	2:31.39
European Championships
2	100m Backstroke - S1	2020	Funchal, POR	2:32.71
3	50m Backstroke - S1	2020	Funchal, POR	1:15.10
3	100m Backstroke - S2	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:27.51
4	50m Backstroke - S2	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:11.90

Travel. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2021)

Athlete

Wife Olena

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Invasport [Dnipro, UKR]

Gennady Vdovychenko [personal], UKR, from 2002

2013 for Ukraine, World Championships in Montreal, Canada (Athlete, 26 Mar 2015)

He began swimming at age 12 in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Athlete, 26 Mar 2015)

He was among a group of students from a boarding school who were taken to a pool, but the coaches did not think he had talent. He was determined to learn to swim, so he accompanied friends when they went swimming in the river and lake. He usually stayed on the edge of the water, but one time his friends pushed him into the water from a catamaran. "I stayed afloat. I wanted to live. That's why I stayed afloat." (fakty.ua, 15 Sep 2016)

To win gold at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2021)

He trains six times a week. (Athlete, 16 Mar 2021)

Winning silver in S1 50m backstroke at the 2013 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada, and bronze medals in S1 50m backstroke and S1 100m backstroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 05 Mar 2020)

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 26 Mar 2015)

Coach Gennady Vdovychenko, and Ukrainian Paralympic Committee president Valery Sushkevych. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

"Water relieves stress from me. It really brings me pleasure. I forget about all of my problems when I am in the pool." (gorod.dp.ua, 29 Nov 2016)

He received the Order for Courage [third class] in Ukraine in recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (president.gov.ua, 04 Oct 2016)

He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 31 Dec 2020; Athlete, 05 Mar 2020)