Serhiy Klippert

Serhiy Klippert

Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Paralympic Games
	2004 Athens	4x100 metre freestyle - 49 points
	2004 Athens	4x100 metre medley - 49 points
	2004 Athens	100 metre backstroke - S12
	2008 Beijing	100 metre backstroke - S12
	2008 Beijing	100 metre freestyle - S12
	2008 Beijing	4x60 metre relay - S12
	2008 Beijing	100 metre breaststroke - SB12
	2008 Beijing	200m individual medley - SM12
	2008 Beijing	400 metre freestyle - S12
	2012 London	400m metre freestyle - S12
IPC Swimming World Championships
	2015 Glasgow	100 m backstroke (S12)
IPC European Championships
	2016 Funchal	100 m backstroke – S12

Sergii Klippert (born 31 March 1989) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S12 events.^[1]

Swimming career

Klippert has competed at three Paralympic games, in 2004, 2008 and 2012, winning a total of ten medals including two gold. In the 2004 games he competed in the 100m breaststroke, 200m individual medley and 400m freestyle as well as winning silver in the 100m backstroke behind Belarusian Raman Makarau who set a new Paralympic games record he was also part of the Ukrainian teams that won the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley gold medals, both in world record times. In Beijing in 2008 he finished fourth in the 100m butterfly as well as finishing second in the 100m freestyle behind his compatriot Maksym Veraksa who won in a new world record time. He also finished second in the 100m backstroke behind world record breaker Alexander Nevolin-Svetov of Russia, he then finished behind both Maksym and Alexander in the 50m freestyle and 200m medley and picked up further bronzes in the 400m freestyle and 100m breaststroke. ^[2]

References

1. "Biography overview: Klippert, Sergii". paralympic.org. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
2. Results for Sergii Klippert from the International Paralympic Committee