Lenny Krayzelburg is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on September 28, 1975 in Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. American Backstroke swimming champion who has won four Olympic medals. He is also a former world record-holder in the 100, 50 and 200-meter backstroke.
He took home gold in his participation in the 2000 Summer Olympics in which the runner He won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where runner Marion Jones also took home the gold. also was awarded the gold medal.
Krayzelburg is Jewish, and was born to Jewish parents in Odessa (then Soviet Union, now Ukraine). Krayzelburg and his family left the Soviet Union in 1989 for the United States. They settled in Los Angeles.
Lenny first attended Santa Monica College where he won both the 100 and 200-yard (180 m) backstroke junior college titles. His coach at Santa Monica recognized his talent and recommended him to Mark Schubert at the University of Southern California. Lenny transferred to USC. In 1995, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Three years later, he became the first swimmer since 1986 to sweep the backstroke events, 100 m & 200 m, in the World Championships.
It is his son who was born to Oleg and Yelena Krayzelburg.
