Maksym Veraksa

Maksym Veraksa
Medal record
Swimming
Competitor for  Ukraine
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke - SB12
2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle - S12
2008 Beijing 200m individual medley - SM12
2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle - S12
2012 London 200m individual medley - SM12
2012 London 100 m freestyle - S12
2012 London 50 freestyle - S12
2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke - S12
2012 London 100 metre breaststroke - SB12
IPC World Championships
2006 Durban 50 m freestyle - S12
2006 Durban 100 m freestyle - S12
2006 Durban 100 m backstroke - S12
2006 Durban 4x100 m medley relay 49pts
2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle - S12
2010 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke - SB12
2010 Eindhoven 200 m ind. medley - SM12
2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle - S12
2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle - S12
2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle - S12
2010 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke - S12
2010 Eindhoven 4x100m medley relay 49pts
2013 Montreal 100 m breaststroke - SB12
IPC European Championships
2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S12
2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle - S12
2009 Reykjavik 200 m ind. medley – SM12
2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke – S12
2011 Berlin 50 m freestyle – S12
2011 Berlin 100 m freestyle - S12
2011 Berlin 100 m breaststroke - SB12
2011 Berlin 200 m ind. medley - SM12
2014 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle – S12
2014 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle – S12
2011 Berlin 100 m backstroke S12

Maksym Veraksa is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S12 events.

Maksym competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics as part of the Ukrainian Paralympic team. There he competed in five events winning five medals, four of them gold. In the 100m Backstroke he finished third behind Russia's Alexander Nevolin-Svetov and fellow Ukrainian Sergii Klippert who both swam quicker than the previous world record. Maksym however got revenge beating both athletes in the 50m and 100m freestyle, the 200m individual medley and beating Sergei in the 100m Breaststroke all in world record times. In the 2012 Games in London he won a further four medals, three of them gold.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Results for Maksym Veraksa from the International Paralympic Committee


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