Sergey Bolshakov (born 6 June 1988,

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

) is a Russian professional

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 ...

, specialising in

Open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...

. He won the bronze medal in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2011 World Championships. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He took up swimming at the age of nine in his home town, after being encouraged to do so by his mother, who was also a swimmer. He competes for the Central Army Sports Club (CSKA). Since 2010, his coach has been Elena Nurgaleyeva. He made his international debut for Russia in 2007.

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Russian male swimmers 1988 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Sportspeople from Izhevsk 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub