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Place of Birth: Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
About Vadym Lepskyy
- Vadym Lepskyy (Ukrainian: ????? ????????; born July 9, 1985) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.
- He represented his nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won numerous medals in both the 200 and 400 m individual medley at the Ukrainian national championships.Lepskyy competed for the Ukrainian team in a medley double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
- Leading up to the Games, he cleared FINA B-standard entry times of 2:02.94 (200 m individual medley) and 4:21.16 (400 m individual medley) at the Multinations Swim Meet in Prague, Czech Republic.
- On the first day of the Games, Lepskyy cruised to sixth place in the final heat and twentieth overall by thirteen seconds behind U.S.
- swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps (4:07.82) in 4:20.96.
- In the 200 m individual medley, Lepskyy challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian and California Bears swimmer Miguel Molina of the Philippines.
- He raced to third place by 0.12 of a second behind Molina with a time of 2:01.73.
- Lepskyy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.
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