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| Full name | Rostyslav Albertovych Svanidze | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1971 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 October 2002 (aged 30)[1] Zaporizhia, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ukraïna Zaporizhzhia[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ivan Proskura[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Rostyslav Albertovych Svanidze (Ukrainian: Ростислав Альбертович Сванідзе; November 5, 1971 – October 14, 2002) was a Ukrainian swimmer of Georgian descent, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[2] He was a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a top 16 finalist in the 100 m freestyle at his Olympic debut in Atlanta (1996). As a member of Ukraine's senior national team, Svanidze had won a total of 37 swimming titles in middle-distance freestyle (100 and 200 m), and in freestyle relays (400 and 800 m). Although he never received a single medal in any international tournament, Svanidze was regarded as one of Ukraine's top swimmers in the post-independence era since the break-up of the Soviet Union. Before his untimely death in 2002, he worked as a senior lecturer under the faculty of physical education in Zaporizhia State Medical University.
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