2. He is one of the most famous
swimmers in Russia,
myDo you know him?
fellow countryman.
He is also:
He is
Yevgeny
Successful Determined
Active
Versatile
Obstinate
Interesting
Yielding
3. BiogRaphy…
Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi was born in Volzhskiy,
Volgograd Region. He started swimming at the age of six.
In 1981 his family moved to Volgograd,
and two years later the young Yevgeny
started to train for international
competitions.
4. In 1991 at the European
Championship in Athens he was a
gold medalist in the 400 m and
4 200 m relay, both freestyle.
5. In 1992 at Barcelona, the 19 year old
Sadovyi revealed as the strongest
swimmer of the Olympic games,
winning three gold medals and
setting two world records in the
400 m freestyle and 4 200 m
freestyle relay for his team.
He missed the Giorgio Lamberti's
world record in the 200 m freestyle
race by a 0.01 second, but cut 1.47
seconds off Kieren Perkins' record in
the 400 m, beating the
same Australian swimmer.
6. In 1993 Sadovyi was second in the
200 m freestyle at the European
Championship in Sheffield, plus two
other golds in freestyle relays.
He retired in September, 1996.
7. afteR spoRt…
…Yevgeny Sadovyi became
a coach and in 1998 he reached the
highest coaching category
Then Yevgeny joined the
Volga sport Club as an assistant
8. Yevgeny Sadovyi has
coached the national
swimming team of Libya
“I was a real
Muammar al-Gaddafi`s
present”, he said
