Mykhailo Romanchuk

Romanchuk with his silver medal at Tokyo 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1996-08-07) 7 August 1996 (age 27)[1] Rivne, Ukraine[1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Energy Standard
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle 2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2017 Budapest 1500 m freestyle 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 800 m freestyle 2022 Budapest 5 km open water World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 1500 m freestyle 2021 Abu Dhabi 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 400 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 800 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 800 m freestyle 2020 Budapest 1500 m freestyle 2022 Rome 1500 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle 2016 London 800 m freestyle 2016 London 1500 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2017 Copenhagen 1500 m freestyle 2023 Otopeni 800 m freestyle 2023 Otopeni 1500 m freestyle Universiade 2017 Taipei 400 m freestyle 2017 Taipei 800 m freestyle 2017 Taipei 1500 m freestyle Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 400 m freestyle 2014 Nanjing 800 m freestyle European Junior Championships 2014 Dordrecht 800 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 1500 m freestyle 2014 Dordrecht 400 m freestyle

Mykhailo Mykhailovych Romanchuk (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Романчук; born 7 August 1996, Rivne, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian swimmer.^[2]

Career

At the Singapore World Cup leg in October 2016, he set a world cup record of 14:15.49 in the 1500 meter freestyle (short course), breaking the previous record by over 12 seconds.^[3] He holds several distance freestyle national records and the current olympic record in the 800-meter freestyle.^[4]

In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.^[5]

On 27 July 2021, he set a record for Ukraine with a result of 7:41.28 and reached the final of the 800 meters freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. Romanchuk reached the final with the best result.

Personal life

He is married to Ukrainian athlete Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk.^[6]