Russian swimmer (born 1965)
Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (Russian : Геннадий Серге́евич Пригода ; 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 .[ 1]
He started swimming in a club aged 7, together with his elder brother, Alexandr Prigoda , who also became a top Russian swimmer.[ 2] 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.[ 1] Gennadi Touretski considers him as his most technically gifted trainee.[ 3] 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.[ 1] [ 3]
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1962: France: (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz )
1966: East Germany: (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer )
1970: Soviet Union: (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov )
1974: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke )
1977: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union: (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
1983: Soviet Union: (Smiryagin , Krasyuk , Tkacenko , Markovsky )
1985: West Germany: (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross )
1987: East Germany: (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski )
1989: West Germany: (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky )
1991: Soviet Union: (Khnykin , Prigoda , Tayanovich , Popov )
1993: Russia: (Predkin , Pyshnenko , Sadovyi , Popov )
1995: Russia: (Predkin , Shchegolev , Yegorov , Popov )
1997: Russia: (Popov , Yegorov , Pimankov , Pyshnenko )
1999: Netherlands: (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Russia: (Pimankov , Chernyshyov , Kapralov , Popov )
2002: Germany: (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann )
2004: Italy: (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini )
2006: Italy: (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini )
2008: Sweden: (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson )
2010: Russia: (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov )
2012: France: (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius )
2014: France: (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius )
2016: France: (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon )
2018: Russia: (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov )
2020: Russia: (Minakov , Shchegolev , Grinev , Kolesnikov )
2022: Italy: (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo )
2024: Serbia: (Stjepanović , Aćin , Cvetkov , Barna )
1958: Soviet Union (Barbier , Minashkin , Chenenkov , Polevoy )
1962: East Germany (Dietze , Henninger , Gregor , Wiegand )
1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov , Prokopenko , Kuzmin , Ilyichov )
1970: East Germany (Matthes , Katzur , Poser , Unger )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Kusch , Meeuw , Nocke )
1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Mörken , Kraus , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov , Kis , Markovsky , Krasyuk )
1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Žulpa , Markovsky , Smiryagin )
1985: West Germany (Lebherz , Beab , Gross , Schowtka )
1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky , Volkov , Petrov , Prigoda )
1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov , Volkov , Yaroshchuk , Bashkatov )
1991: Soviet Union (Selkov , Volkov , Kulikov , Popov )
1993: Russia (Selkov , Kirinchuk , Pankratov , Popov )
1995: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Pankratov , Popov )
1997: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Kulikov , Popov )
1999: Netherlands (Zwering , Wouda , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Russia (Aminov , Komornikov , Chernyshov , Popov )
2002: Russia (Alechin , Sloudnov , Marchenko , Popov )
2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin )
2006: Russia (Vyatchanin , Sloudnov , Skvortsov , Kapralov )
2008: Russia (Vyatchanin , Falko , Korotyshkin , Grechin )
2010: France (Lacourt , Duboscq , Bousquet , Gilot )
2012: Italy (Di Tora , Scozzoli , Rivolta , Magnini )
2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Proud )
2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2018: Great Britain (Pyle , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2020: Great Britain (Greenbank , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2022: Italy (Ceccon , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi )
2024: Austria (Reitshammer , Bayer , Bucher , Gigler )