Yuriy Shlyakhov

Yuriy Shlyakhov
Personal information
Full name Yuriy Viktorovych Shlyakhov
Nationality  Ukraine
Born (1983-05-27) 27 May 1983
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Diving
Event(s) Springboard
Club Ukraïna Dnipropetrovsk

Yuriy Viktorovych Shlyakhov (Ukrainian: Юрій Вікторович Шляхов; born May 27, 1983 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian springboard diver.[1] He won a bronze medal for the men's individual springboard at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

Shlyakhov made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-sixth in the men's springboard event, with a total score of 377.19 points.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Shlyakhov scored a total of 405.15 points, with a spectacular performance in the 3 m individual springboard event. He placed twenty-third out of twenty-nine divers in the preliminary competition, failing to advance into the semi-finals.[3]

References

  1. "Yuriy Shlyakhov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. "China Reigns in World University Games Diving". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. "Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

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