Igor Polyansky
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's swimming | ||
| Representing the File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games
 | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1988 Seoul | 200 m backstroke |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1988 Seoul | 100 m backstroke |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1988 Seoul | 4×100 m medley |
| World Championships (LC) | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1986 Madrid | 100 m backstroke |
| Gold medal – first place | 1986 Madrid | 200 m backstroke |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1986 Madrid | 4×100 m medley |
| European Championships (LC) | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1985 Sofia | 100 m backstroke |
| Gold medal – first place | 1985 Sofia | 200 m backstroke |
| Gold medal – first place | 1987 Strasbourg | 4×100 m medley |
| Silver medal – second place | 1987 Strasbourg | 200 m backstroke |
| Summer Universiade | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1985 Kobe | 100 m backstroke |
| Gold medal – first place | 1985 Kobe | 200 m backstroke |
Igor Nikolaevich Polianski (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Полянский) (born 20 March 1967 in Novosibirsk) is a former backstroke swimmer from the USSR.
Polianski trained at Dynamo in Novosibirsk. In 1986, he became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. From 1985 to 1990, Polianski was a member of the USSR National Team.[1] He won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, including the gold in the 200 m backstroke. Polianski won gold medals at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships in the 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke and a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley.[2]
On 3 March 1985 in Erfurt, GDR, Polianski set the new world record in the 200 m backstroke at 1:58.14 that stood six years.[3] Three years later, he improved the world record time in the 100 m backstroke three times: first on 15 March and 16 March in Tallinn, USSR, to 55.17 and 55.16 respectively, and then on 16 July in Moscow to 55.00. The latter was beaten by David Berkoff a month later.[4]
In 1989, Polianski graduated from the Omsk State Institute of Physical Culture.[1] He lives in New Zealand and runs a swimming school, Waterlions, in partnership with his wife. He is a member of the Auckland Swimming Community, coaching from the Epsom Girls Grammar and Massey High School campuses.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 200 metres backstroke
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia[permanent dead link]
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Russian male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Soviet male backstroke swimmers
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Russian expatriates in New Zealand
- Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
- Russian swimming coaches
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen