Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Saratov, RUS |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Penza Region Aquatics Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS] / Saratov Region Sports Training Centre [RUS]: |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Agricultural Studies - Saratov State Vavilov Agrarian University: Russia |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Playing video games. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2020) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2020) |
Most influential person in career |
His relatives, and his coaches. (Athlete, 13 Apr 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmers Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressel, British swimmer Benjamin Proud, US boxers Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Athlete, 13 Apr 2019) |
Ambitions |
To win gold at the Olympic Games. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2020) |
Awards and honours |
In December 2019 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2020; minsport.gov.ru, 03 Dec 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Elena Efremova [personal], RUS; Galina Dolgova [personal], RUS |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up swimming in 2002 at age seven in Engels, Russian Federation. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Armed Forces Athlete, Student |
Languages |
Russian |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"In childhood it was interesting to swim and somehow I am still swimming." |