Igor Koleda

Igor Koleda
Personal information
Full nameIhar Mikalaievich Kaliada
National team Belarus
Born (1978-10-16) 16 October 1978 (age 46)
Minsk, Belarusian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDynamo Minsk

Ihar Mikalaievich Kaliada (also Igor Koleda, Belarusian: Ігар Мікалаевіч Каляда; born October 16, 1978) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He placed seventh in the 200 m freestyle (1:47.29) at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield, England, and later represented Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

Koleda competed in three swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He cleared a FINA A-standard of 1:49.66 from the Belarusian Open Championships in Minsk.[3] On the first day of the Games, Koleda teamed up with Dmitry Kalinovsky, Pavel Lagoun, and Oleg Rykhlevich in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg in heat one, Koleda recorded a split of 49.95, but the Belarusians came up short in third place and tenth overall with a final time of 3:20.85.[4] In the 200 m freestyle, Koleda failed to reach the top 8 final, finishing in twelfth place at 1:49.52.[5] Earlier in the prelims, he broke a Belarusian record of 1:49.01 to pick up a seventh seed for the semifinals.[6] Koleda also placed twelfth, along with Lagoun, Dmitry Koptur, and Valeryan Khuroshvili, in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:24.83).[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Koleda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. ^ "1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Men's 200m Freestyle Final". Limmat Sharks Zurich. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. ^ Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Prelims: Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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