Personal information | |
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Full name | Maksym Mykolaiovych Kokosha |
National team |
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Born |
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
9 August 1983
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Dynamo Kyiv |
Coach | Volodymyr Vorona |
Maksym Mykolaiovych Kokosha (Ukrainian: Максим Миколайович Кокоша; born August 9, 1983 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2004), and a two-time Universiade finalist (2003 and 2005). He currently holds a Ukrainian record of 7:21.42 in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada. Kokosha is a member of the swimming team for Dynamo Kiev, and is trained by longtime coach Volodymyr Vorona.
Kokosha qualified for the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay, as a member of the Ukrainian team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Teaming with Serhiy Fesenko, Serhiy Advena, and Dmytro Vereitinov in heat one, Kokosha swam a second leg and recorded a split of 1:52.03, but the Ukrainians settled for sixth place and twelfth overall, in a final time of 7:24.13.