Oleksandr Mashchenko

Oleksandr Mashchenko

Personal information
Born	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Invasport, Donetsk
Coach	Svitlana Kaznacheyeva
Medal record Swimming Representing  Ukraine Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 metre breaststroke - SB11 2004 Athens 100 metre breaststroke - SB11 2004 Athens 4x100 metre medley - 49 pts 2008 Beijing 100 metre breaststroke - SB11 2008 Beijing 100 metre butterfly - S11 2004 Athens 200m individual medley - SM11 IPC World Championships 2013 Montreal 100m butterfly S11 2015 Glasgow 200m medley SM11 2013 Montreal 100m breaststroke SB11 2013 Montreal 200m medley SM11 2015 Glasgow 100m butterfly S11 2015 Glasgow 100m breaststroke SB11 IPC European Championships 2014 Eindhoven 100m breaststroke SB11 2016 Funchal 100m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 100 m breaststroke – SB11 2016 Funchal 200 m ind. medley SM11 2016 Funchal 50m freestyle S11

Oleksandr Mashchenko (born 15 November 1985) is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine who competes in category S11 events and specializes in the breaststroke.

Mashchenko has won the 100m breaststroke at three consecutive Paralympics, first in three Paralympics firstly in 2000, then record time in 2004 and a third time in 2008. At the 2000 games he also competed in the 50m and 100m freestyle where he failed to make the finals, the 200m individual medley finishing sixth and was part of the 4 × 100 m medley team that finished fourth. For the 2004 games the medley team improved enough that Oleksandr was part of the team that broke the world record to win gold, Oleksandr also picked up a bronze in the 200m individual medley, finished eighth in the 50m freestyle, seventh in the 100m backstroke and qualified for the final of the 100m butterfly. As well as his 100m breaststroke gold in 2008 he also won a silver in the 100m butterfly behind Spaniard Enhamed Enhamed who set a new world record, finished eighth in the 50m freestyle and sixth in the 100m backstroke. ^[1]

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