Maxim Podoprigora

{{short description|Austrian swimmer}}

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| club = ASV Wien

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|18}}

| birth_place = Kiev, Ukraine

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| height = 6 ft 1 in

| weight = 187 lb

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Maxim Podoprigora (born April 18, 1978 in Kiev, Ukraine)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024901/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/maxim-podoprigora-1.html Podoprigora's entry] from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-03-29. is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Austria. He has swum for Austria at three Olympics (2000, 2004 and 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63805/bio/index.html |title=2008 Beijing Summer Olympics | Maxim PODOPRIGORA Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos |publisher=2008.nbcolympics.com |date=April 18, 1978 |accessdate=November 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516170946/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=63805/bio/index.html |archive-date=May 16, 2012 |url-status=dead }}) swimming the 200 breaststroke at all three and the 100 breaststroke in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/Olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=720 |title=Podoprigora, Maxim |publisher=Jewsinsports.org |date=April 18, 1978 |accessdate=November 10, 2011}}

He swims for Vienna Swim Club (ASV Wien) and studied at the University of Vienna. He serves in the Austrian Army.

His primary event is the 200 breaststroke.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/swimming-podoprigora-maxim-results-identity-s10-c2-b4-o6-w8378.html |title=Swimming – Maxim Podoprigora (Austria): season totals |publisher=The-sports.org |date= |accessdate=November 10, 2011}} In 2001, he garnered a silver medal at the World Championships in the event, in an Austrian Record of 2:11.09. In 2000, he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in the 200 breaststroke. At the European Short Course Championships, he has won medals in the event in: 1998 (bronze), 2001 (gold), and 2002 (silver).

He is Jewish.