Yury Raykhman
{{Short description|Russian swimming coach}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yury Lvovich Raykhman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|8|28}}
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| nationality = {{flag|Soviet Union}} → {{flag|Russia}}
| known_for = Coaching prominent Russian swimmers
| awards = {{Honored Coach of Russia}} Honored Coach of Russia
| years_active = 1988–present
}}
Yury Lvovich Raykhman ({{langx|ru|Юрий Львович Райхман}}; born August 28, 1948) is a Soviet - Russian swimming coach, Honored Coach of Russia.{{cite web|url=https://msrfinfo.ru/people/55649|title=Statistics and analytics of sports development in Russia|date=|publisher=msrfinfo.ru|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}} Since 1988, he has been coaching the Russian swimming national team.{{cite web|url=https://new.russwimming.ru/data/news/28082014.html|title=Raykhman Yury Lvovich celebrates his 75th birthday!|date=August 28, 2019|publisher=All-Russian Swimming Federation|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}}
Biography and career
Yury Lvovich Raykhman was born in the Soviet Union, where he began his coaching career. He received higher education and defended his Candidate of Sciences dissertation under the scientific supervision of physiologist David Efremovich Rosenblum.
He joined the coaching staff of the Russian swimming national team in 1988, at the invitation of head coach Gennady Vaitsekhovsky, who valued a scientific approach to training athletes and sought comprehensive scientific support for the training process.
Since 1988, he has worked as a coach at the Center for Sports Training in the city of Dimitrovgrad.{{cite web|url=https://www.russwimming.ru/upload/iblock/a2a/dfr8ff383vynlovasvywkro81wa2qcf8/Gazeta_VFP_Plavanie_dlya_vsekh_17_oktyabr_2014.pdf|title=A man in his place.|date=July 18, 2014|publisher=All-Russian Swimming Federation|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}}
Notable trainees
- Danila Izotov - Honored Master of Sports of Russia, two-time Olympic medalist, multiple World champion, European champion, Russian champion, two-time former world record holder, multiple Russian record holder.
- Stanislav Donets - Honored Master of Sports of Russia, multiple World champion, European champion, Russian champion, Multiple former world record holder, Russian record holder.
- Vladimir Bryukhov - Master of Sport of Russia, International Class, medalist at the European Championships, medalist at the Russian Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.infosport.ru/person/plavanie/bryuhov-vladimir-sergeevich|title=Bryukhov Vladimir Sergeevich. Russian athletes.|date= |publisher=infosport.ru|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}}
- Kira Volodina - Master of Sport of Russia, International Class, multiple medalist at stages of the World Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1005802/kira-volodina/medals|title=Kira Volodina - profile on worldaquatics.com.|date= |publisher=worldaquatics.com|lang=en|access-date=2025-06-07}}, Russian champion, multiple medalist at the Russian Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.infosport.ru/person/plavanie/volodina-kira-igorevna|title=Volodina Kira Igorevna Russian athletes.|date= |publisher=infosport.ru|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}}
Family
Yury Raykhman coaches alongside his wife, Olga (née Donets), and they have a daughter and a son. Their son is Stanislav Donets.{{cite web|url=https://73online.ru/r/stanislav_donec_hotel_delat_eto_luchshe_vseh_v_mire-122128|title=Stanislav Donets: "I wanted to do it better than anyone in the world"|date=July 7, 2023|publisher=73online.ru|lang=ru|access-date=2025-06-07}}
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