Vadim Yaroshchuk

Vadim Yaroshchuk (Russian: Вадим Ярощук) (born April 2, 1966) is a former butterfly and medley swimmer from the Soviet Union. He won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, including for the 200m medley, for which he had placed second in the preliminary heats, and as a member of the 4×100 medley relay.

Vadim Yaroshchuk

Personal information
Born	(1966-04-02) April 2, 1966 (age 59)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 200 m medley 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 1986 Madrid 400 m medley 1986 Madrid 200 m medley European Championships (LC) 1989 Bonn 4×100 m medley 1985 Sofia 400 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 200 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 200 m butterfly

Career

During his competitive swimming career, Yaroshchuk earned a reputation as one of the world's fastest butterfly swimmers, which was reflected in his commanding early lead during the butterfly leg (first 50 meters) of the 200-meter individual medley at the 1988 Olympics. Although he maintained his lead into the final 50 meters of the race, Yaroshchuk was ultimately overtaken by then-world record holder Tamás Darnyi of Hungary (Gold) and Patrick Kühl of East Germany (Silver).^[1]

Yaroshchuk won a second Bronze at the 1988 Olympics as a member of the Soviet 4x100 medley relay team, along with Igor Polyansky, Dmitry Volkov, and Gennadiy Prigoda.