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Full name | В'ячеслав Ширшов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Slava" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 9 July 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vyacheslav ("Slava") Viktorovych Shyrshov (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Вікторович Ширшов) (born 9 July 1979) is a freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, who won the gold medal in the men's 50 metres freestyle event at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.