Sport Swimming Club Louisville Cardinals Nationality Russian Stroke Backstroke | Strokes Backstroke Height 1.9 m Weight 75 kg | |
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Born 1 August 1995 (age 21) ( 1995-08 ) Omsk, Russia | ||
Grigoriy Tarasevich (Russian: Григорий Тарасевич, born 1 August 1995) is a Russian swimmer. In 2013 he won the world junior title in the 50 m backstroke, setting a junior world record. He competed in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 2016 European Championships and won medals in the 50 m and 100 m, qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in these two events; he placed sixth in the 200 m.
Tarasevich was born in a family of swimming coaches and took up swimming aged six. He trains and studies engineering at the University of Louisville.
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