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Ilya
DRUZHININ |
Sport |
Open Water Swimming |
NOC |
ROC
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Gender | Men |
Born | 23 Apr 1998
in Volgograd, RUS |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Volgograd, RUS |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Ugra Sports Training Centre: Russia |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Reading books, playing computer games, watching movies, listening to music. (TikTok profile, 26 Dec 2021; Athlete, 15 Sep 2020) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
"My parents took me to a swimming coach, so that I could learn how to swim. At the time, I didn't even think about professional swimming but the coach told my mother that he saw my potential and offered to continue training me." |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
Coach Tatiana Mankevich. (vpsfund.org, 24 Apr 2016) |
Awards and honours |
In 2016 he received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 09 Nov 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Tatiana Mankevich [personal], RUS |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age seven in Volgograd, Russian Federation. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Russian |
Higher education |
Sport Studies - Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education: Russia |
General Interest |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 08 Jan 2022) |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Coach |
General Interest |
Other sports |
He has competed in open water swimming and won bronze in the 5km event at the 2019 Russian national championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 May 2021; Athlete, 15 Sep 2020; ugra-aquatics.ru, 16 Aug 2020) |
Other information |
COACHING In 2021 he began coaching at a swimming school in Zelenograd, Russian Federation. "Dedicating myself to something greater than myself is what I strive for. Swimming became a routine for me, I stopped enjoying the training process. I'm going to give people what I was missing - the pleasure of the training process. I want to share my experience and energy with my students." (Instagram profile, 13 Nov 2021)
COVID-19 STRUGGLE He qualified for the Russian Federation team at the 2021 Russian National Championships in Kazan despite being affected physically and mentally by COVID-19 for a six-month period from September 2020 to March 2021. "The pandemic violated all my plans. Physically and mentally, I was ready to compete at the Games in the summer of 2020 and then everything broke off. My health problems started in September and there was a strong emotional decline. For six months I was as sick as I have been during the whole of the last five years. In the last months before the Russian championships, I couldn't reach the level that would allow me to qualify for the Olympics and, due to the fact that I wasn't doing well in training, I began to lose heart. I doubted myself a lot, but my close friends and relatives encouraged me. It was difficult emotionally to get myself together, but it worked out." (ugra-news.ru, 19 Apr 2021; Instagram profile, 15 Apr 2021) |
Olympic Games |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
30 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
800m Freestyle |
8:01.47 |
Heats |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
1500m Freestyle |
14:59.56 |
World Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
1500m Freestyle |
15:07.93 |
Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
800m Freestyle |
7:54.07 |
Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
800m Freestyle |
8:00.27 |
Heats |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
1500m Freestyle |
15:03.05 |
European Championships |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
Heats |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
1500m Freestyle |
15:16.47 |
Heats |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
800m Freestyle |
8:03.01 |
11 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
1500m Freestyle |
15:06.43 |
15 |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
800m Freestyle |
7:57.54 |
Heats |
2018 |
Glasgow, SCO |
400m Freestyle |
3:54.40 |
World Cup |
Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
5 |
2019 |
Kazan, RUS |
400m Freestyle |
3:52.74 |
1 |
2019 |
Kazan, RUS |
1500m Freestyle |
15:10.73 |
57 |
2018 |
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Overall Ranking |
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4 |
2018 |
Kazan, RUS |
400m Freestyle |
3:55.57 |
2 |
2018 |
Kazan, RUS |
1500m Freestyle |
15:34.53 |
6 |
2017 |
Berlin, GER |
1500m Freestyle |
14:54.15 |
8 |
2014 |
Moscow, RUS |
1500m Freestyle |
15:38.69 |
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