Yuri Nikolayevich Bashkatov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Башка́тов, Romanian: Iurie Nicolaevici Başcatov; 20 June 1968 – 3 September 2022)[1] was a Soviet (Moldovan) freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in both events.[2]