Oleksii Kolomiiets (born 1997) is a Ukrainian deaf swimmer. He made his Deaflympic debut during the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.

Career

He competed at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics in Samsun and claimed two medals in his debut appearance at the multi-sport event. He claimed a silver medal in the men's 50m breaststroke and also clinched a bronze in men's 4 × 100m medley relay. He also competed and qualified for the final rounds in men's 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke events finishing at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Oleksii Kolomiiets

He made his second Deaflympic appearance representing Ukraine at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics (held in May 2022) and he was one of the first gold medalists since the start of the 2021 Deaflympics in Brazil after claiming a gold medal in the men's 50m butterfly event. He also later went onto clinch a gold in the men's 100m breaststroke category.

Oleksii Kolomiiets

References

External links

Oleksii Kolomiiets at Deaflympics

Deaf swimmers

Living people

1997 births

Ukrainian male breaststroke swimmers

Ukrainian male freestyle swimmers

Ukrainian male medley swimmers

Ukrainian deaf people

Deaflympic gold medalists for Ukraine

Deaflympic silver medalists for Ukraine

Deaflympic bronze medalists for Ukraine

Medalists at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Medalists at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics

Swimmers at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics

Swimmers at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics

Deaflympic swimmers for Ukraine

21st-century Ukrainian people

Oleksii Kolomiiets