Illya Olehovych Kvasha (; born 5 March 1988) is a Ukrainian diver. Competing with Oleksiy Prygorov, he won the bronze medal in the 3 m spring synchro at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Kvasha is also a multiple European champion both individual and synchronised.

Career

He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in both the individual and the synchro with Prygorov. At the 2016 Olympics, he reached the final of the individual 3 m springboard.

Illya Kvasha

He specializes in 1m and 3m springboard. He is twice silver medalist of the World Championships in 1m competition and once bronze medalist in 3m synchro event which was his greatest success in a synchro competition since Olympic bronze.

Illya Kvasha

Kvasha is one of the most famous and popular modern Ukrainian athletes. He was also thrice awarded The Best Sportsman of the Month by the NOC of Ukraine: in March 2008, April 2009, and June 2017.

Illya Kvasha

References

External links

Illya Kvasha's profile at ESPN Sports

Beijing 2008 Profile

1983 births

Living people

Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine

Ukrainian male divers

Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic divers for Ukraine

Sportspeople from Mykolaiv

Olympic medalists in diving

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Universiade medalists in diving

Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine

Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine

Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade

Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade

20th-century Ukrainian people

21st-century Ukrainian people