Artur Valeryevich Dilman (russian: Артур Валерьевич Дильман; born August 29, 1990) is a Kazakh swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has won a career total of six medals (two in each color) in a major international competition, spanning both the indoor and outdoor Asian Games. Dilman also spent his college sports career in the United States as a member of the

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swimming and diving team under head coach Brian Reynolds, while pursuing his sports management studies at

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. Dilman competed for the Kazakh swimming squad in the men's 200 m freestyle at the

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. Leading up to the Games, he snatched the top spot with a 1:52.42 to clear the invincible FINA B-cut (1:52.53) by 0.11 of a second at the Kazakhstan Open Championships in

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. Swimming in heat two, Dilman tried to hold on with Singapore's

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and Estonia's

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heading into the 150-metre turn for the top three spots, but faded down the final stretch to finish with a fifth-place time in 1:52.90. Dilman failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-second overall out of fifty-eight swimmers in the prelims. On June 17, 2012, Dilman ordered a six-month suspension by the Kazakhstan Swimming Federation, after he was tested positive for a banned substance

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, following an in-competition doping test at the ENKA Open in

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. On March 13, 2013, Dilman helped out his college team

to claim their ninth consecutive title in the men's freestyle relay at the NCAA Division II Swimming Championships.

References

External links

Profile – Kazakhstan Swimming FederationPlayer Bio – Drury Panthers
* 1990 births Living people Kazakhstani male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kazakhstan Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming Kazakhstani male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Almaty Drury Panthers men's swimmers Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-swimming-bio-stub Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Kazakhstani people