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Place of Birth: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia
About Gennadiy Prigoda
- Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (Russian: ???????? ?????´???? ???????; born 2 May 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988, and then for the Unified Team in 1992.
- The sprinter won four Olympic medals: two silver and two bronze.
- Prigoda trained at Armed Forces sports society in Kuibyshev.He started swimming in a club aged 7, together with his elder brother, Alexandr Prigoda, who also became a top Russian swimmer.
- Between 1985 and 1991, he won three medals at the world championships, five medals at the European championships, and ten national titles in freestyle and medley relay events.
- Gennadi Touretski considers him as his most technically gifted trainees.
- Prigoda retired from active swimming in 1992.
- He graduated with a degree in pedagogy from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg, and started his own business with a travel company.
- He later defended PhD in pedagogy and in 2005 returned to the Lesgaft University to work as a professor of management.
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