Evgeny Koptelov (russian: Евгений Коптелов), (born 24 November 1993 in

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) is a Russian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He won two gold medals at the

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in 100m and 200m butterfly.

Career

In 2012, Koptelov competed at the

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. The United St ...

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, Turkey making it to the semi-finals in men's 50 m butterfly. At the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, Koptelov was member of the Russian Team that won gold in men's 4 × 100 m medley (with Vladimir Morozov, Kiril Strelnikov and

Andrey Grechin Andrey Vladimirovich Grechin (russian: Андрей Владимирович Гречин, born 21 October 1987) is a Russian swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move throug ...

) and a bronze medal in 100 m butterfly. In 2014, Koptelov finished 8th in 200 m butterfly at the 2014 European Championships. In 2015, at the

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

, Koptelov won gold in 200 m butterfly clocking in 1:54.79 and in 100 m butterfly clocking a final time of 51.50 to win his second gold medal. He won his third gold with the Russian team in men's 4 × 100 m medley.

References

External links

Evgeny Koptelov Sports bioKoptelov Kazan2013

Koptelov Gwangju2015
1993 births Living people Russian male butterfly swimmers Russian male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Volgograd Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub