Vyacheslav Sinkevich

{{short description|Russian swimmer (born 1991)}}

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| name = Vyacheslav Sinkevich

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 29, 1991}}

| birth_place = Krasnoobsk, Novosibirsk, Russia

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Istanbul|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Istanbul|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold| 2012 Chartres |200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold| 2013 Herning |4 x 50 m medley relay}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Szczecin | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Kazan|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Kazan|4×100 m medley}}

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Viatcheslav Sinkevich (born November 29, 1991, in Krasnoobsk) is a Russian swimmer.{{cite web|title=Viatcheslav Sinkevich|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sinkevich-viatcheslav-1016274/|website=London2012.com|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|access-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913150855/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sinkevich-viatcheslav-1016274/|archive-date=13 September 2012}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 9th place overall in the heats, qualifying for the semi-final, but failing to reach the final. He was also part of Russia's 4 x 100 m medley relay team at that Olympics; that team also failed to reach the final.{{Cite web |title=Viatcheslav Sinkevich at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/viatcheslav-sinkevich |access-date=18 March 2023 |website=olympics.com}}

Later in 2012, Sinkevich won two medals at the World Short Course Championships, a silver in the men's 4 x 100 m medley relay (with Stanislav Donets, Nikolay Skvortsov and Vladimir Morozov){{Cite web |title=2012 World Short Course Swimming Championships - Competition Results {{!}} AQUA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/competitions/446/11th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-2012/www.fina.org/competitions/446/11th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-2012/results |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}} and a bronze medal in the men's 200 m breaststroke.{{Cite web |title=Viatcheslav SINKEVICH {{!}} Medals {{!}} AQUA Official |url=https://www.fina.org/athletes/1010656/-/www.fina.org/athletes/1010656/-/medals |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}}

He has also won multiple medals at the European Short Course Championships, with gold in the 200 m breaststroke in 2012 and the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay in 2013, after a silver in the men's 200 m breaststroke in 2011.