SEMJONOVS Jurijs

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	100m Backstroke - S8	2019	London, GBR	1:09.82
8	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2019	London, GBR	1:28.13
12	50m Freestyle - S8	2019	London, GBR	28.87
European Championships
1	100m Backstroke - S8	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:09.45
3	100m Breaststroke - SB7	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:27.56
4	100m Backstroke - S8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:12.65
9	50m Freestyle - S8	2020	Funchal, POR	29.33
9	400m Freestyle - S8	2018	Dublin, IRL	5:41.09
14	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:30.78

Yura (VK profile, 15 Mar 2021)

Sports, travelling. (Athlete, 15 Mar 2021)

Athlete, Coach

Teaching - University of Daugavpils, Latvia

English, Latvian, Russian

Daugavpils ISVS [Latvia]

Haralds Luckovskis [national, personal], LAT

2018 for Latvia (lpkomiteja.lv, 02 Mar 2018)

He began swimming in 2000 in Daugavpils, Latvia. (Athlete, 14 Aug 2018)

He swam before his diagnosis, and when he was diagnosed with myopathy at age 17, doctors recommended he limit his training. He then got to know coach Haralds Luckovskis, who encouraged him to take part in a Para swimming event in Riga, Latvia, in 2016. (rus.lsm.lv, 23 Feb 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (rus.lsm.lv, 23 Feb 2020)

Winning gold in the S8 100m backstroke at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2020)

US swimmers Matthew Grevers, Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressel, Russian swimmer Alexander Popov, French swimmer Alain Bernard, British swimmer Adam Peaty. (Athlete, 30 Jul 2019)

His father. (chayka.lv, 30 Sep 2020; Athlete, 30 Jul 2019)

He was named Best Male Para Athlete in Daugavpils, Latvia, in 2018 and 2019. (latgaleslaiks.lv, 04 Feb 2020; gorod.lv, 17 Feb 2019)