Aleksey Markovsky

Aleksey Markovsky

Markovsky in 2005
Personal information
Born	17 May 1957 Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia, USSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Lokomotiv Moscow
Medal record Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley World Championships 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m medley 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×100 m medley European Championships 1981 Split 100 m butterfly 1981 Split 4×100 m medley 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley 1983 Rome 100 m butterfly Summer Universiade 1983 Edmonton 100 m butterfly 1981 Bucharest 200 m medley 1981 Bucharest 4x100 m freestyle Friendship Games 1984 Moscow 100 m butterfly 1984 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle 1984 Moscow 4×100 m medley 1984 Moscow 100 m freestyle

Aleksey Viktorovich Markovsky (Russian: Алексей Викторович Марковский; born 17 May 1957) is a retired Russian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics; he finished eighth in the 100 m butterfly event at the same Olympics.^[1] After the games, between 1981 and 1986 (aged 24–29) he won ten medals at the World and European Championships, mostly in relay events.^[2] He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics that were boycotted by the Soviet Union, and took part in the Friendship Games instead.

He graduated from the Ural State University of Physical Culture in Chelyabinsk.^[3] After retiring from swimming, between 1988 and 1992 he was the head coach of the junior Soviet swimming team.^[4]

References

1. Aleksey Markovsky. sports-reference.com
2. Aleksey MARKOVSKIY. les-sports.info.
3. ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ ФАКУЛЬТЕТА ЗИМНИХ ВИДОВ СПОРТА И ЕДИНОБОРСТВ. uralgufk.ru
4. Марковский Алексей. ussr-swimming.ru