Evgeny Vadimovich Sedov (russian: Евгений Вадимович Седов; born 29 January 1996) is a Russian competitive
swimmer
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. Sedov and his teammates won the gold medal in the
4×50 m freestyle relay at the
2014 short course world championships in Doha, breaking the
world record
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. Together with his teammates, he also broke the
4×50 meter medley relay world record in the heats, but this record was broken in the final by Brazil. He is the current
junior world record holder in the 50 meter butterfly (long course).
At the
2015 European Short Course Championships Sedov won his first international senior medal in an individual event, winning the gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle, 0.05 ahead of
Marco Orsi
Marco Orsi (born 11 December 1990) is an Italian competitive swimmer who won eight gold medal at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
Career
In 2012 Marco Orsi qualified for his first Olympic appearance in London 2012. He is trained ...
of Italy.
References
1996 births
Living people
Russian male swimmers
Russian male freestyle swimmers
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
World record holders in swimming
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