Viktor Smyrnov

Viktor Serhiiovych Smyrnov (Ukrainian: Віктор Сергійович Смирнов; born 2 August 1986) is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S11 events.

Viktor Smyrnov
Віктор Смирнов

Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	2 August 1986 (1986-08-02) (age 39) Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly
Medal record Men's para swimming Representing  Ukraine Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m backstroke S11 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly S11 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle S11 2004 Athens 200 m individual medley SM11 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle S11 2012 London 100 m butterfly S11 2004 Athens 100 m breaststroke SB11 2012 London 100 m individual medley SM11 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m individual medley SM11 2020 Tokyo 100 m backstroke S11 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S11 2008 Beijing 100 m backstroke S11 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke SB11 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S11 2012 London 100 m backstroke S11 World Championships 2006 Durban 100 m butterfly S11 2006 Durban 100 m backstroke S11 2006 Durban 200 m medley SM11 2006 Durban 400 m freestyle S11 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley SM11 2010 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke SB11 2019 London 100 m backstroke S11 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m breaststroke SB11 2006 Durban 100 m breaststroke SB11 2006 Durban 100 m freestyle S11 2006 Durban 50 m freestyle S11 2010 Eindhoven 4x100 m medley 49pts 2010 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly S11 2010 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke S11 2015 Glasgow 100 m backstroke S11 2002 Mar del Plata 200 m medley SM11 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle S11 2002 Mar del Plata 400 m freestyle S11 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m butterfly S11 2010 Eindhoven 400 m freestyle S11 2019 London 200 m medley SM11 European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke S11 2009 Reykjavik 100 m butterfly S11 2011 Berlin 100 m backstroke S11 2011 Berlin 200 m individual medley SM11 2018 Dublin 100 m breaststroke SB11 2018 Dublin 400 m freestyle S11 2018 Dublin 100 m backstroke S11 2020 Funchal 100 m butterfly S11 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle S11 2011 Berlin 50 m freestyle S11 2011 Berlin 400 m freestyle S11 2011 Berlin 100 m breaststroke SB11 2014 Eindhoven 50 m breaststroke S11 2014 Eindhoven 100 m backstroke S11 2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S11 2018 Dublin 100 m butterfly S11 2018 Dublin 200 m individual medley SM11 2020 Funchal 400 m freestyle S11 2020 Funchal 200 m medley SM11 2020 Funchal 100 m breaststroke SB11 2011 Berlin 100 m butterfly S11 2011 Berlin 100 m freestyle S11 2014 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke SB11 2014 Eindhoven 200 m individual medley SM11 2016 Funchal 50 m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S11 2016 Funchal 100 m breaststroke SB11 2016 Funchal 200 m ind. medley SM11 2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle S11

Viktor has competed at two Paralympic games, winning ten medals, five of them gold. In the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won all of his five golds winning the 100 metres (330 ft) backstroke, butterfly and freestyle, the 200 metres (660 ft) individual medley, and the 400 metres (1,300 ft) freestyle, he also finished second behind countryman Oleksandr Mashchenko who broke the world record in the 100m breaststroke and picked up a bronze in the 50 metres (160 ft) freestyle. The 2008 Summer Paralympics would not prove as profitable in terms of medals for Viktor as he picked up three bronzes, in the 100m backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. He was disqualified in the 100m freestyle final, finished fifth in the 50m freestyle and fourth in the 400m freestyle.^[1]

Awards

• Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star (October 19, 2004)^[2]
• Order of Merit 3d class (October 4, 2016)^[3]
• Order of Merit 2nd class (September 16, 2021)^[4]
• Order for Courage 3d class (October 7, 2008)^[5]
• Order for Courage 2nd class (July 4, 2012)^[6]
• Order for Courage 1st class (September 17, 2012)^[7]