Yury Yurievich Suvorau (Belarusian: Юрый Юр'евіч Сувораў; born March 29, 1991) is a Belarusian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1][2] Suvorau qualified for the men's 400 m individual medley, as a member of the Belarusian swimming team, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by attaining a B-standard entry time of 4:23.35.[3] Suvorau challenged seven other swimmers in the second heat, including two-time Olympian Raphaël Stacchiotti of Luxembourg. He finished the race in a third-place tie with Portugal's Diogo Carvalho, in a new Belarusian record time of 4:23.06. Suvorau, however, failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-sixth out of 37 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[4]

Yury Suvorau
Personal information
Full nameYury Yurievich Suvorau
Nationality Belarus
Born (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)
Vitebsk, Belarusian SSR
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley

References

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  1. ^ "Yury Suvorau". London 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yury Suvorau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 400 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-16. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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