Sergey Punko

Sergey Punko
Personal information
Nationality Russian
Born (1981-11-10) 10 November 1981
Navapolatsk, Belarus
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Youth of Moscow
Coach Vadim Labokha

Sergey Punko or Sergei Punko (born in Navapolatsk on 10 January 1981) is a formerly Belarusian,[1] now Russian Paralympic swimmer. He was born with a progressive eye disease, but had normal sight as a child.[2] He started swimming at age 10, and competed nationally and internationally in able-bodied competition until he was 21.[2] By that time, he had less than 5% vision. Classified S12, he began swimming in disability meets in 2002.[2] He quickly broke long-standing world records, and was named World Disabled Swimmer of the Year in 2003.[2]

AS of the 2012 Paralympic Games he has won four gold medals, six silver, and three bronze medals.[3] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a gold and silver medals for Russia.[4]

As of February 2013, Punko holds S12 long course world records in 200, 400 and 800 metre freestyle and 200 metre butterfly events.[5]


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