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Place of Birth: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine
About Illya Chuyev
- Illya Viktorovych Chuyev (Ukrainian: ???? ?????????? ????; born March 31, 1984 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.
- Chuyev qualified for the men's 200 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:58.88 from the Ukrainian Summer Cup in Kharkiv.
- He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including former semifinalist Hsu Chi-chieh of the Chinese Taipei.
- Chuyev edged out Romania's Alexandru Coci to notch a fourth spot by two hundredths of a second (0.02) in 1:59.65.
- Chuyev failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.
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