Daniil Pasynkov

Daniil Valerievich Pasynkov (born 13 October 1994) is a competitive Russian swimmer. He is a Russian record holder in the short course 200 metre individual medley. At the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley.

He won a gold medal in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 World Short Course Championships, swimming on the prelims relay. However, in 2022, Artem Lobuzov had his results on the relay disqualified by FINA, and the medal was re-allocated to the team from the United States.

Background

Pasynkov was born 13 October 1994 in Russia."Daniil Pasynkov: Results"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. He trains as part of and competes for the Moscow city swim club. He attended the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University in Moscow, where he studied traffic safety and organization.

Career

2016: World Championships gold medalist

When Pasynkov was 21 years old he competed at the 2016 Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany in August, winning the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:11.50 and finishing behind two German swimmers, Philip Heintz and Marco Koch. FINA (30 August 2016)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Berlin: Men's 400m Individual Medley Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

2016 World Short Course Championships

At the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor, Canada in December, Pasynkov placed tenth in the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:55.03 for his first event of the Championships. FINA (6 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. For his next event, he swam the lead-off leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a time of 1:45.37 in the prelims to help advance the relay to the final ranked fifth overall. FINA (9 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. When the Russian relay team won the gold medal in the final with a time of 6:52.10, Pasynkov also won a gold medal for his efforts in the prelims heats. FINA (11 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Complete Results Book"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. In his final event of the Championships, Pasynkov was one of three swimmers disqualified in the prelims heats of the 400 metre individual medley. FINA (10 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

2017

2017 Swimming World Cup

Pasynkov won his first medal of the 2017 Swimming World Cup at the stop in Hong Kong on 30 September, where he finished second in the 400 metre individual medley behind Ayrton Sweeney of South Africa with a time of 4:10.61. FINA (30 September 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Hong-Kong: Men's 400m Individual Medley Fastest Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. In the prelims of the 200 metre freestyle the following day, Pasynkov qualified for the final of the event ranked second overall, ahead of Tom Shields of the United States and behind Kyle Stolk of the Netherlands. FINA (1 October 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Hong-Kong: Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Ross, Andy (1 October 2017)
"Katinka Hosszu and Sarah Sjostrom's Impending 100 IM Duel Highlights Sunday in Hong Kong World Cup"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Later in the day, Pasynkov won his second medal of the World Cup stop, finishing third behind Chad le Clos of South Africa and Tom Shields with a time of 1:45.85 to earn the bronze medal while Kyle Stolk finished one-hundredth of a second behind Pasynkov to place fourth. FINA (1 October 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Hong-Kong: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Following up his competition at the World Cup stop in Hong Kong, Pasynkov placed first in the prelims heats of the 200 metre individual medley at the World Cup stop in Doha, Qatar at the Hamad Aquatic Centre, qualifying for the final with a time of 1:59.05, which was six-hundredths of a second ahead of the next-fastest prelims swimmer Kirill Prigoda also of Russia. FINA (5 October 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Doha: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. In the final of the event, Pasynkov won the silver medal with a time of 1:56.56, finishing less than a second behind the first-place-finisher Kirill Prigoda. FINA (5 October 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Doha: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

2018

2018 World Short Course Championships

At the 2018 World Short Course Championships held in Hangzhou, China in December, Pasynkov placed 16th in the prelims heats of the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:09.19. FINA (15 December 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships 2018 Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

2019

2019 European Short Course Championships

At the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships held at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland in December, Pasynkov won a bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:04.98, finishing only behind Max Litchfield of Great Britain and Ilya Borodin of Russia.LEN (5 December 2019)
"LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019: Results Men's 400m Individual Medley Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Anderson, Jared (5 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. This marked a time drop of over 2 seconds from the prelims heats, where Pasynkov swam a 4:07.26 to advance to the final ranked seventh overall.LEN (5 December 2019)
"LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019: Results Men's 400m Individual Medley Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. He also placed sixth in the final of the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:53.60.LEN (6 December 2019)
"LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019: Results Men's 200m Individual Medley Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

2019 Vladimir Salnikov Cup

On the 20th of December 2019, Pasynkov set a Russian record in the short course 200 metre individual medley with a personal best time of 1:53.26 at the 2019 Vladimir Salnikov Cup in Saint Petersburg."Our student sets national record in swimming!"
''Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University''. 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Race, Retta (20 December 2019)
"Grinev Tops Vekovishchev & Minakov In 100 Free On Day 1 Of Salnikov Cup"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Pasynkov's new time broke the previous Russian record set by Kliment Kolesnikov in 2017 at 1:53.36.

2021

In July 2021, Pasynkov signed to compete as part of the Tokyo Frog Kings for the 2021 International Swimming League during the free agency period of team roster selection.Penland, Spencer (1 August 2021)
"ISL Season 3: Free Agency Period Closed July 30th, Season Begins August 24th"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. On 26 September 2021, in a match against the Aqua Centurions, Team Iron, and the New York Breakers, Pasynkov swam a personal best time of 52.97 seconds in the 100 metre individual medley. ISL (26 September 2021)
"ISL Match 10 Napoli (ITA): Men's 100m Individual Medley Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

2021 Swimming World Cup: Kazan

At the stop of the 2021 Swimming World Cup held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan in October, Pasynkov qualified for the final of the 200 metre individual medley ranking fourth across all prelims heats with a time of 1:55.68. FINA (29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan: Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. In the final of the 200 metre individual medley, Pasynkov swam a 1:53.67, finishing behind Daiya Seto of Japan and Matthew Sates of South Africa to win the bronze medal. FINA (29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan: Men's 200m Individual Medley Final Results"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Sutherland, James (29 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup – Kazan: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Kamardina, Olga (29 October 2021)
"The first world record happened in Kazan"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. For the 400 metre individual medley the next day, Pasynkov won the bronze medal with his time of 4:06.01, touching the wall third after Daiya Seto and Ilya Borodin. FINA (30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan: Men's 400m Individual Medley Fastest Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Race, Retta (30 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Kazan: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan in November, Pasynkov competed in two events, the 200 metre individual medley and the 100 metre individual medley.LEN (7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Complete Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 10 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 200 metre individual medley, Pasynkov qualified for the semifinals ranked first with a time of 1:55.72, which was five-hundredths of a second faster than second-ranked Andreas Vazaios of Greece.LEN (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Individual Medley Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 10 December 2021.Byrnes, Liz (4 November 2021)
"Kazan 2021, Day 3 Heats: Kolesnikov Ominous, Rylov & Lamberti Out; Kirpichnikova 4th All-Time in 1500"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 10 December 2021.Dornan, Ben (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 10 December 2021. Later in the day, in the semifinals of the 200 metre individual medley, Pasynkov qualified for the final of the event with a time of 1:54.21 that ranked him third overall.LEN (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Individual Medley Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 10 December 2021.Hamann, Michael (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 10 December 2021. The following day, Pasynkov placed fifth in the final of the 200 metre individual medley with a time of 1:54.20, finishing after one Greek swimmer, two Italian swimmers, and one Hungarian swimmer, which made him the highest placing Russian competitor in the event. In his second event, the 100 metre individual medley, Pasynkov ranked tenth in the prelims heats with a time of 53.24 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals as he was the third-fastest Russian and only the fastest two swimmers from a country could qualify for the semifinals.LEN (6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Individual Medley Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Pasynkov was named as part of the Russia contingent of swimmers for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at Etihad Arena.Race, Retta (29 November 2021)
"Russia Reveals Roster For 2021 Short Course World Championships"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021. He and his fellow Russian teammates were not allowed to compete with their country name, anthem, nor flag per an ongoing Court of Arbitration for Sport ban against Russian representation at all World Championships between 17 December 2020 and 16 December 2022, instead they competed as the Russian Swimming Federation.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
'' The Associated Press''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
'' NPR''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. FINA (14 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Entries Book"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. For his first individual event at the championships, Pasynkov ranked 13th overall in the prelims heats of the 200 metre individual medley with a 1:55.02, was the only Russian to compete, and did not qualify for the final, finishing 1.01 seconds slower than Kieran Smith of the United States who got the last qualifying spot with a time of 1:54.01. FINA (16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. For his second individual event, the 400 metre individual medley, Pasynkov ranked 11th with a time of 4:11.74 in the prelims heats on day five and did not qualify for the final. FINA (20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 400m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

2022–2023: Teammate disqualified, stripped of his 2016 World Championships gold medal

On 3 March 2022, Pasynkov and all other Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned indefinitely, no end date communicated, from LEN competitions."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
''LEN''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022. Twenty-five days later, on 28 March 2022, FINA announced one of his relay teammates from the 2016 World Short Course Championships, Artem Lobuzov, was suspended for an anti-doping rule violation."FINA Doping Panel Decision - Artem Lobuzov (RUS)"
'' FINA''. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022. The following month, Pasynkov and all other Russians and Belarusians received a second ban, this time from FINA, excluding them from all FINA competitions between 21 April 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. Additionally, his, and all other Russians's, times achieved at any competition during the FINA ban did not count towards world records nor world rankings.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
''SwimSwam''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

In June 2022, and during the suspension, FINA made a back-acting decision to disqualify Artem Lobuzov from his performance as part of the 2016 relay and re-allocate the gold medal to the formerly second-place team from the United States."PRESS RELEASE , Aquatics Integrity Unit members elected, new gender inclusion policy adopted during the FINA Extraordinary Congress in Budapest"
'' FINA''. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022. A similar back-acting approach was made by a newly rebranded FINA in April 2023 (renamed as World Aquatics) that extended indefinitely its bans on Russian and Belarusian participation at its events."PRESS RELEASE , World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus"
'' World Aquatics''. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

International championships (25 m)

: Pasynkov swam only in the prelims heats.
: The gold medal was re-allocated by FINA over five years after the performance, once they implemented a suspension on and disqualified the performances by relay team member Artem Lobuzov.

Personal best times

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: NR – Russian record

National records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

See also

* List of Russian records in swimming
* List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (men)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasynkov, Daniil
1994 births
Living people
Swimmers from Moscow
Russian male freestyle swimmers
Russian male medley swimmers
21st-century Russian people