Dmytro Vanzenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Vanzenko.
Dmytro Vanzenko
Vanzenko in October 2016
Personal information
Full nameDmytro Volodymyrovych Vanzenko
NationalityUkrainian
Born10 July 1996 (1996-07-10) (age 28)
Donetsk, Ukraine
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke, butterfly
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Summer Paralympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m medley SM10

Dmytro Volodymyrovych Vanzenko (Ukrainian: Дмитро Володимирович Ванзенко, born 10 July 1996)[1] is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer who competes in S10 and SM10 (individual medley) events. He is represented by Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Regional Centers for Physical Culture and Sports of Disabled Persons "Invasport".

Career

At the 2014 European Championships, Vanzenko won a silver medal at the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley.[2][3] At the 2015 World Championships, he competed in the 400 m freestyle, 200 m medley, and 4 × 100 m medley relay, winning the bronze medal in each of them.[4][5] He made his Paralympic debut at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he won the bronze medal in the 200 m medley SM10.[6]

Recognition

On 4 October 2016, Vanzenko was awarded with the 3rd degree Order for Courage by Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine.[7]

References

  1. ^ "VANZENKO Dmytro". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 3 September 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ^ "Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 34pts Final" (PDF). IPC. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final" (PDF). IPC. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Results - Men's 200m Individual medley SM10 Final". IPC. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's 4x100m Medley Relay 34pts" (PDF). IPC. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Dmytro Vanzenko". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Указ Президента України No. 430/2016 від 4 жовтня 2016 року «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2016.