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| Born | (1965-05-02)2 May 1965 (age 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SKA Kuybyshev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (Russian:Геннадий Серге́евич Пригода; born 2 May 1965) is a formerfreestyleswimmer fromRussia, who competed twice at theSummer Olympics first for theSoviet Union in1988, and then for theUnified Team in1992. The sprinter won four Olympic medals: two silver and two bronze. Prigoda trained atArmed Forces sports society inKuibyshev.[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 inpedagogy from the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education inSaint 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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