Heorhii Chyzhevskyi

Heorhii Dmytrovych Chyzhevskyi (; 29 March 1924 – 21 October 2025) was a Ukrainian masters swimmer and a veteran of the Second World War.

Biography Heorhii Chyzhevskyi was born on 29 March 1924 in Voznesensk, and grew up in Odesa. When the German-Soviet War began in June 1941, his parents were evacuated to Volga region.

In August 1942, he studied at Kyiv Military School named after Frunze, later - in Leningrad artillery military school.

Swimming career Heorhii began to swim at the age of 10.

In 2015, he competed at the swimming competitions in masters category. Heorhii became a multiple gold medalist in three swimming categories in the Mykolaiv Oblast's aquatics championships.

At the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Masters Championships, held in Kazan, he won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke event and received four silver medals in different events. Heorhii broke a European record in the 200 m breaststroke event. In that year, he became the best sportsman of Mykolaiv Oblast in category "Veteran of sport".

At the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Masters Championships in Budapest, he became a three times world champion in 4x50 metres medley and freestyle relays and 200 m breaststroke events.

Heorhii broke the European records in 4x50 m freestyle and medley relays in Budapest.

At the age of 100, he broke three world records in 50, 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events at the Ukrainian National Championships in Brovary.