Igor Koleda

Ihar Mikalaievich Kaliada (also Igor Koleda, Belarusian: Ігар Мікалаевіч Каляда; born October 16, 1978) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] He placed seventh in the 200 m freestyle (1:47.29) at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Sheffield, England, and later represented Belarus at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

Igor Koleda
Personal information
Full nameIhar Mikalaievich Kaliada
National team Belarus
Born (1978-10-16) 16 October 1978
Minsk, Belarusian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubDynamo Minsk

Koleda competed in three swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He cleared a FINA A-standard of 1:49.66 from the Belarusian Open Championships in Minsk.[3] On the first day of the Games, Koleda teamed up with Dmitry Kalinovsky, Pavel Lagoun, and Oleg Rykhlevich in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the lead-off leg in heat one, Koleda recorded a split of 49.95, but the Belarusians came up short in third place and tenth overall with a final time of 3:20.85.[4] In the 200 m freestyle, Koleda failed to reach the top 8 final, finishing in twelfth place at 1:49.52.[5] Earlier in the prelims, he broke a Belarusian record of 1:49.01 to pick up a seventh seed for the semifinals.[6] Koleda also placed twelfth, along with Lagoun, Dmitry Koptur, and Valeryan Khuroshvili, in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (7:24.83).[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Koleda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. "1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships: Men's 200m Freestyle Final". Limmat Sharks Zurich. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. Whitten, Phillip (17 September 2000). "Olympic Prelims: Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 26 May 2013.


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