Ilya Kvasha

Date of Birth: 03.05.1988

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Nikolaev. Graduate of Nikolaev State University named after V. Sukhomlinsky.

General Information. Height - 176 cm, Weight - 70 kg.

Competitor for the sports club 'Ukraine' (Nikolaev).

Coaches - Tatiana Maryanko and Sergey Gumenyuk.

Awards. Master of international sports.

Silver medalist of the World Championship 2006 (1 m and 3 m springboard).

European Champion 2004-2008 (1 m and 3 m springboard).

5th place at the World Championship 2007 (1 m springboard).

Bronze medalist of the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. In synchronised diving from the 3-meter board with Kharkiv's Alexei Prigorov, he scored 415.05 points and took 3rd place ahead of the pair from the USA, surpassing divers from Russia and China.

European Champion 2009, 2010 in synchronised diving from the 3-meter board (with Alexei Prigorov).

European Champion 2009, 2010 in individual diving from the 1-meter board.

Silver medalist of the European Championship 2009 in individual diving from the 3-meter board.

Bronze medalist of the 2010 World Cup in synchronised diving from the 3-meter board (with Alexei Prigorov).

In March 2014, he took third place in synchronised diving from the 3-meter board at the first competition of the World Series in diving together with Alexander Gorshkovozov .

In June 2015 at the European Diving Championship in Rostock (Germany), he won two medals: Silver (3-meter board, synchronised - with Alexander Gorshkovozov) and Bronze (team events - with Yulia Prokopchuk).

In May 2016, he won the bronze medal at the European Championship.

On June 14, 2017, he became the European champion in diving at the competitions in Kiev. At this European Championship, he also won Silver on the 3-meter diving board.

Television. In 2013, he was a coach on the show 'Bath' on channel 1+1.

Awards. Order 'For Courage' III class (September 4, 2008) - for outstanding athletic achievements at the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing (People's Republic of China), showing bravery, dedication, and will to win, enhancing Ukraine's international prestige.

Marital Status. Married.

Hobbies. Cars, Music.

03.05.2022