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Eduard VALIAKHMETOV
Sport Swimming
NOC Russia   
GenderMen
Born17 Sep 1999 in Naberezhnye Chelny, RUS
 Human Interest 
Further Personal Information
Residence
Almetyevsk, RUS
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
Delta Swimming Sports School of Olympic Reserve: Kazan, RUS
Further Personal Information
Higher education
Physical Education - Bashkir State Pedagogical University: Ufa, RUS
General Interest
Hobbies
Spending time with friends. (Athlete, 18 Apr 2019)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the 400m individual medley at the Russian national short course championships in 2017. (Athlete, 18 Apr 2019)
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?
His mother enrolled him in ice hockey but, as he did not do well in it, she decided to introduce him to a swimming group and began training him herself.
General Interest
Most influential person in career
His mother Svetlana Valiakhmetova. (Athlete, 18 Apr 2019)
Awards and honours
In 2020 he received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 30 Jun 2020)
Sport Specific Information
Name of coach
Svetlana Valiakhmetova [personal, mother], RUS
When and where did you begin this sport?
He began swimming in 2004 at age five in Almetyevsk, Russian Federation.
Further Personal Information
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Languages
Russian

 Competition Highlights
European Championships Short Course
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Heats 2021 Kazan, RUS 200m Individual Medley 1:55.95
Heats 2019 Glasgow, SCO 400m Individual Medley 4:08.14
10 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 400m Individual Medley 4:09.74 
World Cup
Rank Year Venue Event Result
8 2021 Kazan, RUS 200m Individual Medley 1:58.04
5 2019 Kazan, RUS 400m Individual Medley 4:25.79
57 2018   Overall Ranking  
5 2018 Kazan, RUS 200m Individual Medley 2:04.14
8 2018 Kazan, RUS 200m Butterfly 2:10.11
2 2018 Kazan, RUS 400m Individual Medley 4:24.57
5 2017 Moscow, RUS 400m Individual Medley 4:12.53