Sergiy Ter
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
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My name is Sergiy Tereshchenko, and swimming is my life! I started when I was a kid in the time of the USSR.
I started swimming competitively at the age of seven with the Kriviy Rig "Bogatyr" Aquatic Club. I loved racing other kids! Although I played many other sports like tennis and soccer, swimming was the number one for me.
When I was 12 years old, I was chosen to be selected by one of the best coaches in our city who was famous for training an Olympic swimmer. Immediately, I started dreaming about fulfilling my dream of reaching a national level.
I continued to improve and grow as an athlete and as a person over the next decade. Unfortunately, in the 1990s, the Soviet Union broke apart and nobody really cared about or funded sports anymore. People had to survive, including my coach. As the result, my dream was crushed due to political changes in my country.
Nevertheless, I continued swimming as much as I could. Today, I'm still swimming and competing as a Masters swimmer. Last year was pretty successful: first place at the Canadian Masters Swimming Championship in the 1500 free (in my age group) and third place at Canadian Open Water Swimming Championship in 2.5k. (all ages, both male and female).