Vadym Lepskyy

Who is Vadym Lepskyy?

Vadym Lepskyy is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. Lepskyy qualified for two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing FINA B-standard entry times of 2:02.94 and 4:21.16 from the Multinations Swim Meet in Prague, Czech Republic. On the first day of the Games, Lepskyy cruised to sixth place in the final heat and twentieth overall by thirteen seconds behind U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps in 4:20.96. In the 200 m individual medley, Lepskyy challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian and California Bears swimmer Miguel Molina of the Philippines. He raced to third place by 0.12 of a second behind Molina with a time of 2:01.73. Lepskyy failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.