Grigoriy Tarasevich


Grigoriy Arkadyevich Tarasevich is a Russian swimmer. In 2013 he won the world junior title in the 50 m backstroke, setting a junior world record.
Tarasevich was born on August 1, 1995 to Arkadiy and Galina Tarasevich in Omsk, Russia in a family of swimming coaches and took up swimming at age six. He attended Grammar School #19 in Omsk. In his youth, and High School years, he trained with the Omsk Regional Centre of Sports Preparation. In his early career, he earned three European Junior Champion Titles, was a two time Russian Junior National Record Holder, and was crowned 2013's World Junior Champion in the 50- meter backstroke.
He competed in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 2016 European Championships and won medals in the 50 m and 100 m, qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in these two events. He placed sixth in the 200 m at the European Championships.
During his College years, he trained in swimming and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Louisville where he swam competitively under Head Coach Arthur Albiero and graduated around 2017. In his Freshman year at Louisville, he was a member of the All-American Conference team for wins in 100- and 200-backstroke events, as well swimming on the 200- and 400-medley relays at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships. In the 2013–14 season, Coach Albiero brought the Cardinal men and women swim teams to a championship in the first year of the American Athletic Conference.

2016, 2020 Olympics

At the 2016 Rio de Jainero Olympics, Tarasevich competed in the 100-meter backstroke placing ninth and in the 4x100-meter Men's medley relay placing fourth with a time of 3:31.30, just behind the bronze medal team from Australia.
In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Tarasevich competed in the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay team placing 7th overall, and the Men's 4x100-meter medley relay team, placing 4th with a combined time of 3:29.22, just.05 seconds behind the bronze medal team from Italy. In the Men's 200-meter backstroke, Tarasevich placed 12th overall.