Igor travelled with the Russian Paralympic swimming team to two Paralympics games, first in 2004 and then in 2008. At the 2004 games he competed in the 50m freestyle finishing eighth in the final, won silver in the 50m Butterfly despite being the fastest in the heats with a new world record and broke the world record in the heats and final on his way to winning gold in the 100m backstroke. At the 2008 games he was part of the Russian team that finished sixth in the 4 × 100 m medley, he also finished in the same position in the 50m butterfly, failed to make the final of the 400m freestyle but did defend his title in the 100m backstroke[1]
igor, plotnikov, paralympic, swimmer, from, russia, competing, mainly, category, events, medal, record, swimming, representing, russia, paralympic, games, 2004, athens, metre, backstroke, 2008, beijing, metre, backstroke, 2004, athens, metre, butterfly, europe. Igor Plotnikov is a paralympic swimmer from Russia competing mainly in category S6 events Igor Plotnikov Medal record Swimming Representing Russia Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 metre backstroke S6 2008 Beijing 100 metre backstroke S6 2004 Athens 50 metre butterfly S6 IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke S6 2009 Reykjavik 50 m butterfly S6Career editIgor travelled with the Russian Paralympic swimming team to two Paralympics games first in 2004 and then in 2008 At the 2004 games he competed in the 50m freestyle finishing eighth in the final won silver in the 50m Butterfly despite being the fastest in the heats with a new world record and broke the world record in the heats and final on his way to winning gold in the 100m backstroke At the 2008 games he was part of the Russian team that finished sixth in the 4 100 m medley he also finished in the same position in the 50m butterfly failed to make the final of the 400m freestyle but did defend his title in the 100m backstroke 1 References edit Igor Plotnikov Paralympic org International Paralympic Committee External links editIgor Plotnikov at the International Paralympic Committee nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Russian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Paralympic medalist of Russia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Igor Plotnikov amp oldid 1156958040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
