Pavlo Khnykin

Pavlo Khnykin
Personal information
Native name
Павел Хныкин
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1969-04-05) April 5, 1969
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 Barcelona4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1992 Barcelona4×100 m medley
Representing  Soviet Union
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place1991 Athens4×100 m freestyle
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place1993 Athens100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2000 Helsinki4×100 m medley
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1993 Buffalo100 m freestyle

Pavlo Khnykin (born April 5, 1969) is a retired freestyle swimmer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine. He was born in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR.

He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 for the Unified Team. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics, alongside Gennadiy Prigoda, Yury Bashkatov and Alexander Popov.

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