Yury Prilukov

Yury Prilukov

Personal information
Full name	Юрий Александрович Прилуков
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1984-06-14) 14 June 1984 Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Yunost, Yekaterinburg
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Russia World Championships (LC) Silver medal – second place 2005 Montreal 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 1500 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal 800 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 400 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2004 Indianapolis 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Shanghai 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Shanghai 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2008 Manchester 1500 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 2002 Berlin 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2004 Madrid 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2008 Eindhoven 1500 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2004 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2005 Trieste 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2005 Trieste 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 1500 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 400 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 400 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 800 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 1500 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu 4×200 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 200 m freestyle Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 800 m freestyle

Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Прилуков; born 14 June 1984) is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming. Prilukov was born in Sverdlovsk. He is a five-time European champion (long course), eight-time European champion (short course) and five-time World Short Course Champion and has also set three European records. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Prilukov finished sixth in the 400 meters freestyle and fourth in the 1500 metres freestyle. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the 400 m freestyle and fourth once again in the 1500 m freestyle.

References

• Profile, from L'Equipe