Denis Petrashov
{{Short description|Kyrgyzstani swimmer (born 2000)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Denis Petrashov
| image = Denis Petrashov 5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Swimming Men 50 m breaststroke Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg
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| fullname = Denis Evgenyevich Petrashov
| native_name = Денис Евгеньевич•Петрашов
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| strokes = Breaststroke
| national_team ={{KGZ}}
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| collegeteam = Louisville Cardinals
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/swimming/denis-petrashov_prs454132/person.shtml|title=Denis Petrashov - Player Profile - Swimming|website=Eurosport}}
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| height = 192 cm
| weight = 82 kg
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{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympics}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Buenos Aires |100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Israel |100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Israel |200 m breaststroke}}
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Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer who swam for the University of Louisville and was a three-time Olympic participant. He competed in the [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016/results/swimming/200m-breaststroke-men 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 in Tokyo. He made the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh. 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 both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
Early life
Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.{{Cite web|url=https://gocards.com/sports/swimming-and-diving/roster/denis-petrashov/12967|title=Denis Petrashov - Swimming & Diving|website=University of Louisville Athletics}} His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/denis-petrashov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/denis-petrashov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Denis Petrashov|accessdate=21 August 2018|work=www.sports-reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/134911|title=Olympedia – Denis Petrashov|website=www.olympedia.org}}
Three-time Olympian, 2016-2024
Representing Kyrgystan, he competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio where he finished 38th with a time of 2:16.57.
At the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in both the Men's 100-meter breaststroke, where he swam a 1:00.23, finishing 27th overall, and setting a Kyrgyzstani national record, and in the 200-meter breaststroke where he finished 18th overall with a time of 2:10.07. As noted previously, his 200-meter time was a Kyrgyzstani national swimming record, which broke his previous record of 1:00.94 which he set at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.vb.kg/doc/403930_chlen_sbornoy_kyrgyzstana_po_plavaniu_denis_petrashov_ystanovil_novyy_rekord.html|title=AkiPress, July 21, 2021, A member of the Kyrgyz national swimming team Denis Petrashov set a new record|website=www.vb.kg|access-date=April 7, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/multiple-israeli-national-record-holders-highlight-21st-maccabiah-games/|title=Multiple Israeli National Record Holders Highlight 21st Maccabiah Games|first=Anya|last=Pelshaw|date=26 July 2022|website=SwimSwam}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denis-petrashov |title=Denis Petrashov |accessdate=10 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806043447/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/denis-petrashov |archivedate= 6 August 2016 }}
Petrashov also made the 2024 Olympic team for Kyrgyzstan where he finished seventh in the 200-Meter breaststroke in his semifinal heat, recording a time of 2:10.19.{{cite web|url=https://gocards.com/news/2024/7/26/general-cardinals-well-represented-at-2024-paris-olympics|title=Gercack, Sam, University of Louisville, July 26, 2024, Cardinals Well Represented at 2024 Paris Olympics|website=gocards.com|access-date=April 7, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://gocards.com/news/2024/7/30/swimming-diving-loktev-finals-in-relay-petrashov-and-barna-swim-in-semifinal-at-paris-olympics|title=University of Louisville, Worley, Nancy, July 30, 2024, Petrashov and Barna swim in Semi-finals at Paris Olympics|website=gocards.com|access-date=April 7, 2025}}
International swimming highlights
Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India.{{Cite web|url=https://m.akipress.com/news:626050:Kyrgyz_swimmer_Denis_Petrashov_is_a_champion_of_Asia/|title=Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov is a champion of Asia|website=m.akipress.com}} He won two silver medals. in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.
Petrashov was a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/59-8-210-lcm-breaststroker-denis-petrashov-joining-louisville-for-spring-2022/|title=59.8/2:10 LCM Breaststroker Denis Petrashov Joining Louisville for Spring 2022|first=Spencer|last=Penland|date=22 December 2021|website=SwimSwam}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://24.kg/english/239907_Kyrgyz_swimmer_Denis_Petrashov_wins_gold_medal_at_Maccabiah_Games/|title=Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov wins gold medal at Maccabiah Games -|first=Anastasia|last=Mokrenko|date=18 July 2022|website=24.kg}}{{Cite web|url=https://24.kg/english/240113_Swimmer_Denis_Petrashov_wins_another_gold_medal_at_Maccabiah_Games/ |title=Swimmer Denis Petrashov wins another gold medal at Maccabiah Games |first=Anastasia|last=Mokrenko|date=20 July 2022|website=24.kg|access-date=22 July 2022}}
University of Louisville
Petrashov attended the University of Louisville and competed for the Louisville Cardinals from around 2020-2024 under Head Coach Arthur Albiero. While swimming for Louisville in his first year of competition, Petrashov recorded times of 51.92 and 1:51.89 in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events.{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/college-previews-12-louisville-men-retooling-in-quest-to-return-to-top-10/|title=College Previews: #12 Louisville Men Retooling in Quest to Return to Top 10|first=Robert|last=Gibbs|date=22 August 2022|website=SwimSwam}} At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke. He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100 breaststroke, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time. In the 2022-23 season for Louisville, at the NCAA Championships, he placed third in the 100 breast, earning All-American honors with a time of 50.78 to set a new school record.
Major results
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{KGZ}} |
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| 2015
|align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} Kazan, Russia |50th (h) |200 m breaststroke |2:22.84Simon Barclay (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DkvdCwAAQBAJ&dq=Denis+Petrashov&pg=PA72 16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index] |
| rowspan="4" |2016
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |38th (h) |200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan="3"|Asian Championships{{cite web|title=All Results 2016 Asian Swimming Championships|url=http://swim.seiko.co.jp/en/2016/S80701/all_ranking_eng.pdf|work=swim.seiko.co.jp|date=20 November 2016|accessdate=21 August 2018}}
|rowspan="3" align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |19th (h) |50 m breaststroke |30.08 |
| 17th (h)
|100 m breaststroke |1:04.28 |
| 6th
|200 m breaststroke |2:17.45 |
| rowspan="4" |2017
| rowspan="2" |2017 Maccabiah Games{{cite web|title=20th Maccabiah Games 2017 Swimming Results|url=http://swimsa.org/results/2017/international-meet-results/20th-maccabiah-games-israel-4-18-july-2017/full-set-of-results/at_download/file|accessdate=26 July 2019}} | rowspan="2" align=left |{{flagicon|ISR}} Jerusalem, Israel |5th |100 m breaststroke |1:03.37 |
| 5th
|200 m breaststroke |2:18.84 |
| rowspan="2" |World Championships
| rowspan="2" align=left |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary |48th (h) |100 m breaststroke |
| 32nd (h)
|200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan="6" |2018
| rowspan="3" |Asian Games | rowspan="3" align=left |{{flagicon|INA}} Jakarta, Indonesia |16th (h) |50 m breaststroke |
| 11th (h)
|100 m breaststroke |
| 5th
|200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan="3" |Youth Olympic Games
| rowspan="3" align=left |{{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires, Argentina |7th |50 m breaststroke |
| bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|100 m breaststroke |
| 9th (h)
|200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2 align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} Gwangju, South Korea |28th (h) |100 m breaststroke |
| 24th (h)
|200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan=2|2021
|rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2 align=left |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |27th (h) |100 m breaststroke |
| 28th (h)
|200 m breaststroke |
| rowspan="3" |2022
| rowspan="3" |World Championships | rowspan="3" align=left |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary{{cite web|title=19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) Results Book|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001170000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF22.pdf|pages= 14, 64, 135|accessdate=22 July 2022}} |20th (h) |50 m breaststroke |27.89{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/budapest-2022-day-3-asia-recap-s-korea-wins-first-lc-worlds-medal-since-2011/|title=Budapest 2022, Day 3 Asia Recap: S. Korea Wins First LC Worlds Medal Since 2011|first=Retta|last=Race|date=20 June 2022|website=SwimSwam}} |
| 20th (h)
|100 m breaststroke |
| 12th (sf)
|200 m breaststroke |
See also
- List of flag bearers for Kyrgyzstan at the Olympics
- List of Kyrgyzstani records in swimming
- [http://ainsworthsports.com/swimming_athlete_rankings_by_nation_kyrgyzstan.htm "The Top Ranked Swimmers of All-Time from Kyrgyzstan"]
References
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External links
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- [https://www.instagram.com/vohsartepnad/?hl=en Instagram page]
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