Artem Yuryevich Lobuzov (

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: Артём Юрьевич Лобузов, born 24 January 1991) is a Russian

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who competes in freestyle events. He represented the Russian Federation at the Olympic Games. Lobuzov's lifetime best in the 200 m freestyle is 1.46:96 in long course, and 1:42.44 in short course. In March 2022, Lobuzov received a back-acting four year suspension from

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lasting 25 August 2021 through 24 August 2025 due to an anti-doping rule violation."FINA Doping Panel Decision - Artem Lobuzov (RUS)"
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''. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022. Three months later, his results in two relays from 2014 and 2016 were formally disqualified and all relay members, including those not disqualified, had their medals re-allocated to the former silver medal teams, the relay teams from the

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in both cases."PRESS RELEASE , Aquatics Integrity Unit members elected, new gender inclusion policy adopted during the FINA Extraordinary Congress in Budapest"
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Swimming career

Lobuzov started swimming at the age of seven. He was originally more interested in basketball, but all his friends were swimmers so he joined in. He made his international debut at the 2010 European Short Course Championships in Eindhoven.

2011 FINA World Cup

At the short-course FINA World Cup in 2011 in Moscow, Lobuzov competed and set personal bests in two events. In the 100m Freestyle, he logged his a new personal best at 49.17 seconds. Although, he placed finished in ninth place, behind teammate

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who placed first, he beat

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who finished in 11th. Lobuzov stated he was satisfied at the result of beating Phelps. In the 400m freestyle he also set a personal best, a time of 3:54:21. He finished in 13th place, again behind Lobintsev. The event was won by

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. A day later, in the 200m Freestyle, Lobuzov reached the final, where he swam a time of 1:46:69 to finish in 6th place, with Biedermann winning again.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Lobuzov competed in the 200 meters freestyle and the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. On 29 July 2012, Lobuzov raced in the 200 meters freestyle. He swan in heat 6 against

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(Cayman Island), Matthew Stanley (New Zealand),

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(Australia),

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(Netherlands),

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(South Korea) and

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(France). Lobuzov finished in 6th in the heat, in a time of 1:47.91. He was the fifteenth fastest swimmer in the heats, qualifying for the semifinal. Lobuzov swam in the first semifinal. He was last in his heat and 16th overall, with a time of 1:48.26, and therefore did not qualify for the final. On 31 July 2012, Lobuzov swam in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for Russia, with Evgeny Lagunov, Mikhail Polishchuk and

Alexander Sukhorukov Alexandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov (russian: Александр Николаевич Сухоруков, born 22 February 1988) is a Russian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He competed in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m ...

. They swam a time of 7:11.86, Lobuzov's leg was 1:48.30. They finished in fifth in the heat, and tenth overall, and therefore did not qualify for the final.Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
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2013 World Championships

At the 2013 World Championships, Lobuzov won his first international medal, winning silver as part of the Russian freestyle team. In 2017, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation.

Personal bests

Long Course: Short Course:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobuzov, Artem 1991 births Living people Russian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade