Dmitri Svatkovskiy (born 27 November 1971) is a Russian

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

, Olympic champion and politician.

Olympics

Svatkovskiy competed for

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at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, where he won an individual gold medal."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Modern Pentathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 13, 2008) He won a team silver medal with the Unified team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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. Svatkovskiy decided to retire from sports after the 2000 Olympics and worked as a modern pentathlon coach for a short while before going to politics. From 2006-10, Svatkovskiy worked as the minister of economics of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and since 2010 has been the deputy governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Since 2006 he has worked as the president of European Modern Pentathlon Federation and is the president of the charitable organization, Five Rings, which provides health and social protection for retired athletes. He was married to former

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

, Olympic bronze medalist

Oxana Skaldina Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina ( uk, Оксана Валентинівна Скалдіна; russian: Оксана Валентиновна Скалдина) is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She is the 1992 Oly ...

, their daughter

Daria Svatkovskaya Daria Dmitrievna Svatkovskaya (russian: Дарья Дмитриевна Сватковская; born 4 December 1996 in Moscow) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Russian National All-around silver medalist. She ...

(b. 1996) is also a rhythmic gymnast. In September 2018, Svatkovsky was elected Member of the

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from Nizhny Novgorod constituency at the

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.Олимпийский чемпион Дмитрий Сватковский стал депутатом Госдумы РФ
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svatkovskiy, Dmitri 1971 births Living people Soviet male modern pentathletes Russian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of the Unified Team Olympic modern pentathletes of Russia Modern pentathletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Moscow Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration alumni