Personal information | |
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Born |
1 August 1995 (age 21) Omsk, Russia |
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Louisville Cardinals |
Grigoriy Tarasevich (Russian: Григорий Тарасевич, born 1 August 1995) is a Russian swimmer. In 2013 he won the world junior title in the 50 m backstroke, setting a junior world record. He competed in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 2016 European Championships and won medals in the 50 m and 100 m, qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in these two events; he placed sixth in the 200 m.
Tarasevich was born in a family of swimming coaches and took up swimming aged six. He trains and studies engineering at the University of Louisville.