Maxim Podoprigora

Maxim Podoprigora is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Austria. He has swum for Austria at three Olympics swimming the 200 breaststroke at all three and the 100 breaststroke in 2004.
He swims for Vienna Swim Club and studied at the University of Vienna. He serves in the Austrian Army.
His primary event is the 200 breaststroke. 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, 2001, and 2002.
He is Jewish.