Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyz national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
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Native name | Денис Евгеньевич•Петрашов | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | Denis Evgenyevich Petrashov | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1] | 1 February 2000|||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Louisville Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editPetrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[2] His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.[3][4]
He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India.[7] He won two silver medals.[7] in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.[7]
He is also a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.[8] Petrashov currently holds national record Kyrgyz records (breaststroke long course).
Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.[9][10]
Attending the University of Louisville and competing for the Louisville Cardinals, in 2022 Petrashov swam 51.92/1:51.89.[8][11] At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke.[2] He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time.[11]
Major results
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Kyrgyzstan | |||||
2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia | 50th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.84[12] |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 38th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.57 |
Asian Championships[13] | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 30.08 | |
17th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.28 | |||
6th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.45 | |||
2017 | 2017 Maccabiah Games[14] | Jerusalem, Israel | 5th | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.37 |
5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.84 | |||
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 48th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.14 | |
32nd (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.43 | |||
2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 16th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 28.73 |
11th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.12 | |||
5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.19 | |||
Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 7th | 50 m breaststroke | 28.70 | |
2nd | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.34 | |||
9th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.70 | |||
2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | 28th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.94 |
24th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.65 | |||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 27th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.23 |
28th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.07 | |||
2022 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary[15] | 20th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 27.89[16] |
20th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.86 | |||
12th (sf) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Denis Petrashov - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport.
- ^ a b "Denis Petrashov - Swimming & Diving". University of Louisville Athletics.
- ^ "Denis Petrashov". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Olympedia – Denis Petrashov". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ Pelshaw, Anya (26 July 2022). "Multiple Israeli National Record Holders Highlight 21st Maccabiah Games". SwimSwam.
- ^ "Denis Petrashov". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov is a champion of Asia". m.akipress.com.
- ^ a b Penland, Spencer (22 December 2021). "59.8/2:10 LCM Breaststroker Denis Petrashov Joining Louisville for Spring 2022". SwimSwam.
- ^ Mokrenko, Anastasia (18 July 2022). "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov wins gold medal at Maccabiah Games -". 24.kg.
- ^ Mokrenko, Anastasia (20 July 2022). "Swimmer Denis Petrashov wins another gold medal at Maccabiah Games". 24.kg. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b Gibbs, Robert (22 August 2022). "College Previews: #12 Louisville Men Retooling in Quest to Return to Top 10". SwimSwam.
- ^ Simon Barclay (2016). 16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index
- ^ "All Results 2016 Asian Swimming Championships" (PDF). swim.seiko.co.jp. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "20th Maccabiah Games 2017 Swimming Results". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) Results Book" (PDF). pp. 14, 64, 135. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Race, Retta (20 June 2022). "Budapest 2022, Day 3 Asia Recap: S. Korea Wins First LC Worlds Medal Since 2011". SwimSwam.
External links
edit- Denis Petrashov at World Aquatics
- Denis Petrashov at SwimRankings.net
- Denis Petrashov at Olympics.com
- Denis Petrashov at Olympedia
- Instagram page