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Maxim Podoprigora

Personal information
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1978-04-18) April 18, 1978 (age 46) Kiev, Ukraine
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	ASV Wien

Maxim Podoprigora (born April 18, 1978 in Kiev, Ukraine) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Austria. He has swum for Austria at three Olympics (2000, 2004 and 2008) swimming the 200 breaststroke at all three and the 100 breaststroke in 2004.

He swims for Vienna Swim Club (ASV Wien) and studied at the University of Vienna. He serves in the Austrian Army.

His primary event is the 200 breaststroke. In 2001, he garnered a silver medal at the World Championships in the event, in an Austrian Record of 2:11.09. In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in the 200 breaststroke. At the European Short Course Championships, he has won medals in the event in: 1998 (bronze), 2001 (gold), and 2002 (silver).

He is Jewish.

References

1. Podoprigora's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29.
2. ^ "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Maxim PODOPRIGORA Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos". 2008.nbcolympics.com. April 18, 1978. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
3. ^ "Podoprigora, Maxim". Jewsinsports.org. April 18, 1978. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
4. "Swimming – Maxim Podoprigora (Austria): season totals". The-sports.org. Retrieved November 10, 2011.

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Austrian Jews
• Austrian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
• Jewish swimmers
• Austrian male breaststroke swimmers
• Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic swimmers for Austria
• Ukrainian emigrants to Austria
• Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople
• Swimmers from Vienna
• University of Vienna alumni
• Swimmers from Kyiv
• World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming