Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov (russian: Владимир Викторович Морозов; born 16 June 1992) is a Russian competitive

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and

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ist. He is the former

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holder in the

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100-metre

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, the current textile world record, World Cup record and Russian national record holder in the 100-metre individual medley and 100-metre freestyle (short course), and Russian record holder in the 50-metre freestyle (short course and long course). He also holds the European record for the 100-metre individual medley. Formerly he held the Russian national record in the 50-metre

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(long course) and the 50-metre

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(short course), and held the European and Russian records in the 50-metre

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(short course). In 2013, Morozov became the first person to swim faster than 18.00 seconds for 50 yards of freestyle on a relay in the

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with a time of 17.86 seconds. Over the course of his career, he has won 176 medals, including 123 gold medals, at Swimming World Cup circuits.

Background

Morozov was born 16 June 1992 in

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, and emigrated to the

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as a 14-year-old. His parents divorced when he was one year old, he has no siblings, and as of 2018 he had not met his father. When he was nine years old, Morozov began his competitive swimming career."Vladimir Morozov: Profile"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. He won the first medal of his swimming career, a bronze medal, in the 200 metre backstroke when he was in the 9 to 10 year old age group, and one of the sports he has participated in outside of swimming is

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.Berg, Aimee (29 October 2018)
"Getting to know: Vladimir Morozov (RUS)"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. Once arriving in the United States, he attended

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, graduating in 2010. As a student at the

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, Morozov started competing collegiately and studying

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in pursuit of an undergraduate degree in 2010."USC Bio: Morozov"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. In 2013, he left the University of Southern California to become a professional swimmer without graduating with his degree and in 2018 he expressed he was still interested in one day finishing his degree. In 2021, Morozov announced his intent to compete at the

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as a form of expressing gratitude to the city where he had lived and trained for 15 years.

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Morozov was as a member of the Russian 4x100-metre freestyle relay team, that placed third behind the relay teams from France and the United States and won the bronze medal in the event. Swimming the third leg of the relay, Morozov split a time of 47.85 seconds to help the relay finish in 3:11.41.

2012 World and European Championships

Following the Olympics, Morozov competed at the 2012 European Short Course Championships and the 2012 World Short Course Championships held at the end of 2012. At the European Championships in

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, Morozov won seven medals including individual titles in the 100-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley. At the World Championships in

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, Morozov won gold medals in the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in the 4x100-metre medley relay. In the 50-metre freestyle, Morozov defeated 2012 Olympic champion in the event,

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of France, as well as

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of the United States, and set the national record with a time of 20.55 seconds.

(14 December 2012)
"11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Race, Retta (6 August 2017)
"FINA World Cup Berlin: Morozov Fastest Russian 100 SCM Freestyler Ever"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2013 NCAA and Championships

In March 2013, as a college junior, third year, and 20-year-old swimming for Coach

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, Morozov won the NCAA Division I Championships title in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. Also as part of the 2013 NCAA Championships, Morozov split a 17.86 on a freestyle leg of a relay and became the first person to swim 50 yards of freestyle in less than 18.00 seconds on a relay in the history of the

.Klein, Gary (30 March 2013)
"Vladimir Morozov making his mark for USC swimming"
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''. Retrieved 15 February 2022."Vlad Morozov Bio"
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''. Retrieved 15 February 2022. Following the end of his junior year, Morozov became a professional swimmer and stopped competing collegiately. Fresh off his success at the NCAA Championships, Morozov competed at the 2013 Russian National Championships, breaking the Russian record in the long course 50-metre backstroke with a time of 24.80 seconds."Morozov Puts Up First 47 Of The Year At Russian Nationals"
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''. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2021."Vlad Morozov, Vyacheslav Sinkevich Down Russian Records in Kazan"
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''. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2021. Later in the year at the

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, he set a new Russian national record in the long course 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.47 seconds and earned the silver medal in the event, finishing less than two tenths of a second behind

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(3 August 2013)
"15th FINA World Championships Barcelona (ESP): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Sutherland, James (14 April 2017)
"Morozov Vaults To #1 In The World With 21.4 Russian Record In 50 Free"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2014

The following year, at the 2014 Russian National Championships, Morozov lowered his national record in the 50-metre backstroke to a 24.52, dropping almost three tenths of a second off the his previous record and best time of 24.80 seconds.Marsteller, Jason (16 May 2014)
"Sizzling Siberian Vlad Morozov Slashes Russian Standard in 50 Back, Popova, Nasretdinova Post Russian Marks of Their Own"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2016 Summer Olympics

At the

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, Morozov did not qualify for the final in either of his individuals events, the 50-metre freestyle and the 100-metre freestyle, finishing 9th and 10th respectively."2016 Summer Olympics - Athletes: Vladimir Morozov"
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''. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022. Morozov also competed on the Russian 4×100-metre freestyle relay, splitting a time of 47.31 for the third leg of the relay in the final and helping the relay team place fourth in 3:11.64. In the final of the 4×100-metre medley relay Morozov contributed to the Russia relay team finishing in a time of 3:31.30 to place fourth.

2016 Swimming World Cup

Starting out at the first short course 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Chartres, France, Morozov broke the

in the 100-metre individual medley set at 50.66 by

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in 2014 with his time of 50.60 seconds.

(26 August 2016)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Paris-Chartres: Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Brien, Taylor (26 August 2016)
"Vladimir Morozov Edges Past 100 IM World Record At 2016 FINA World Cup Paris"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. Later on in the World Cup circuit, four days later at the stop in

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, Germany, Morozov broke his own world record with a time of 50.30 seconds in the 100-metre individual medley.

(30 August 2016)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Berlin: Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Sick, Hans-Peter (30 August 2016)
"SWC 2016: Morozov bettered again 100m IM World Record in Berlin on Day 1"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2016 World Short Course Championships

On the first day of competition at the 2016 World Short Course Championships in

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, Morozov won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay with a final relay time of 3:05.90, swimming the fastest split out of all 32 swimmers in the final with a 45.42 for the third leg of the relay.

(6 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. The second day, he won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke with a 57.00, finishing 0.23 seconds behind first-place finisher

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of Germany and 0.04 seconds ahead of third-place finisher

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(7 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. Later in the same finals session, he split a 20.44 for the second leg of the 4×50-metre mixed freestyle relay to help win the gold medal in 1:29.73.

(7 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. In the final of the 4×50-metre freestyle relay on day four, Morozov swam a 20.71 for the anchor leg to help win the gold medal with a time of 1:24.32 and was only out-split amongst relay anchor leg swimmers by

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of the

who split a 20.58.

(9 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. Approximately 15 minutes later, Morozov placed sixth in the final of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley, 100-metre individual medley with a 52.83, which was 0.99 seconds slower than the gold medalist in the event Michael Andrew of the United States.

(9 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 100m Individual Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. Less than an hour later, Morozov earned his second silver medal in an individual event at the Championships, this time finishing second in the 50-metre freestyle at 21.14 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds behind first-place finisher

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of the

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(9 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 50m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. In the morning of day five, Morozov placed 18th in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle with a 47.82 and did not advance to the semifinals stage of competition.

(10 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. For the day's finals sessions, he won a gold medal in the 4×50-metre medley relay swimming the fastest freestyle leg out of all the finals relays with a time of 20.46 to help achieve the final time of 1:31.52.

(10 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. On the sixth and final day of competition, Morozov was the only swimmer to split faster than 46.00 seconds for the freestyle leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay, splitting a 45.58, and helped achieved a gold medal win in a time of 3:21.17.

(11 December 2016)
"13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Windsor (CAN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

2017 Championships and World Cup

In April, at the 2017 Russian National Championships conducted in long course metres, Morozov broke the 50-metre freestyle national record he set in 2013 by swimming a 21.44 and lowering the record three hundredths of a second.Dobysheva, Maria (14 April 2017)
"Vlad Morozov Posts New National Record on Last Day of Russian Nationals"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. During the 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin in August, Morozov swam a 45.23 and broke the 100-metre freestyle Russian national record from eight years prior set at 45.36 by

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(6 August 2017)
"FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017 Berlin: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. At the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in

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in December, Morozov set a new Russian national record in the 50-metre freestyle twice, swimming a time of 20.31 seconds and winning the gold medal in the event final after first lowering the national record to 20.45 seconds in the semifinals.Anderson, Jared (15 December 2017)
"2017 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2018 National Championships

At the 2018 Russian National Championships in

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in April, Morozov broke his own Russian national record in the 50-metre backstroke, swimming a 24.35 for the new record and lowering his personal best time in the event by over one tenth of a second.Keith, Braden (20 April 2018)
"Vlad Morozov Breaks Russian Record In 50 Back On Day 1"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2018 Swimming World Cup

Morozov broke a number of

records during the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup, starting by setting a new world record, European record, and Russian national record in the 100-metre individual medley with a time of 50.26 seconds at the

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(28 September 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Eindhoven: Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.D'Addona, Dan (28 September 2018)
"Vladimir Morozov Breaks World Record in 100 IM at World Cup"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. In early November at the World Cup stop in

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, Morozov swam 50.26 seconds in the 100-metre individual medley again, tying his own pre-existing records.Sica, James (9 November 2018)
"Vlad Morozov Ties World Record In 100 IM During FINA World Cup In Tokyo"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

(9 November 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Tokyo: Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. In Tokyo the following day, he set a new Russian national record in the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 45.16 seconds that lowered his former national record from 2017 by seven hundredths of a second.

(10 November 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Tokyo: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Sutherland, James (10 November 2018)
"Vlad Morozov Resets Russian, World Cup Records In SCM 100 Freestyle"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. At the World Cup stop in

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in mid-November, Morozov achieved the textile world record, World Cup record, and Russian record in the

100-metre freestyle, posting a time of 44.95 seconds, which was 0.01 seconds slower than the world record set in a full body-suit at 44.94 seconds by

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in 2008, and becoming the second fastest swimmer in the event in history only behind Leveaux.

(16 November 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Singapore: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. The next day, Morozov set a new national record in the 50-metre butterfly with his time of 22.17 seconds, which was just 15 hundredths of a second ahead of Michael Andrew of the United States who placed second.

(17 November 2018)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Singapore: Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Dornan, Ben (9 November 2019)
"Oleg Kostin Breaks Russian 50 Fly Record Again In Saturday Finals"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2019 Swimming World Cup

At the long course 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup series stop in Singapore, Morozov lowered the Russian record in the 50-metre freestyle by almost two tenths of a second to 21.27 seconds and tied Bruno Fratus of

as the tenth fastest performer in the race to that point in time.

(15 August 2019)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 Singapore (SGP): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.Race, Retta (15 August 2019)
"Morozov Hits 21.27 Russian Record To Become World's 10th Best 50 Freestyler"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

2019 European Championships

Following the 2019 World Cup, Morozov competed at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at

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, and won seven gold medals.Byrnes, Liz (8 December 2019)
"Vladimir Morozov Wins Seven Golds As Russia Finish Atop The Medal Table At European SC"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. In the 50-metre breaststroke, his first event of the Championships, Morozov won the gold medal and set new European, Russian national, and Championships records with his time of 25.51 seconds.

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(4 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships Glasgow (GBR): Results Men's 50m Breaststroke Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 12 February 2022.Anderson, Jared (4 December 2019)
"Vladimir Morozov Breaks European Record With 25.51 In 50 Breast, #3 All-Time"
''

''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. Less than 15 minutes later, he won a second gold medal, this time in the 4×50-metre freestyle relay where he split a 20.25 for the anchor leg of the relay to help achieve a final time of 1:22.92.

(4 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships Glasgow (GBR): Results Men's 4 x 50m Freestyle Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 December 2021. The second day of competition, Morozov split a 25.40 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50-metre mixed medley relay, contributing to winning the gold medal and setting a new world record and Championships record of 1:36.22.

(5 December 2019)
"LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019: Mixed 4 x 50m Medley Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 October 2021. In his fourth event of the Championships, Morozov won the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 20.40 seconds, finishing 0.26 seconds ahead of the silver medalist in the event, Florent Manaudou of France.

(6 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships Glasgow (GBR): Results Men's 50m Freestyle Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. On the fourth day of competition, Morozov won his fifth gold medal of the Championships, helping set new European and Championships records in the 4×50-metre mixed freestyle relay at 1:28.31 by splitting a 20.65 for the lead-off leg of the relay.

(7 December 2019)
"LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019: Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 15 October 2021. He won the gold medal in his sixth of seven events, swimming a 45.53 in the final of the 100-metre freestyle to finish over three-tenths of a second ahead of the second-place finisher,

Alessandro Miressi Alessandro Miressi (born 2 October 1998) is an Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×100 metre freestyle relay and an Italian record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre freestyle. In the long cours ...

(8 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships Glasgow (GBR): Results Men's 100m Freestyle Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 12 February 2022. For his seventh and final event, Morozov helped win the gold medal in the 4×50-metre medley relay with a final time of 1:30.63, swimming a 25.53 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.

(8 December 2019)
"2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships Glasgow (GBR): Results Men's 4 x 50m Medley Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

2019—2020 International Swimming League

In 2019, Morozov was a member of the 2019 International Swimming League, in which he swam representing

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. He was named

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in the Lewisville match and he also won the skins race twice in the first season at the matches in Lewisville and London. For the 2020 season, Morozov joined the newly established team,

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2020 Summer Olympics

For the time spanning 17 December 2020 through 16 December 2022, Russians, including Morozov, were not allowed to compete using their country name, anthem, nor flag at World Championships, including Olympic Games, due to a ban originating as a reaction to widespread doping in Russia and enacted by the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its co ...

.Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020)
"Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics"
''

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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. They had their outfits, national song, and name,

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, determined for them by the

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.Grohmann, Karolos (19 February 2021)
"Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions"
''

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was estab ...

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

(14 April 2021)
"No flag allowed, but Russian colors plastered on uniforms for Tokyo Olympics"
'' CBC.ca''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.OlympicTalk (22 April 2021)
"Tchaikovsky music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing"
''

NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its d ...

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. In July and August 2021 at the

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, which were postponed to 2021 due to the

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, Morozov competed in both the prelims and the final of the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, helping the relay qualify for the final ranked eighth with a time of 3:13.13 and place seventh in the final with a time of 3:12.20, as well as the 50 metre freestyle where he placed 16th overall in the semifinals with a time of 22.25 seconds and did not advance to the final of the event.

;

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(1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. ''

''. Retrieved 17 October 2021. In August, following the Olympic Games, Morozov contracted

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2021 Swimming World Cup

Stop 1: Berlin

On the first day of the short course

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stop number one in

, Morozov tied for sixth place in the prelims heat of the 50-metre freestyle and qualified for the final later the same day.

(1 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. In the final, he tied

of the

for the bronze medal with a time of 21.15 seconds.

(1 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.Race, Retta (1 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Berlin: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. The next day, Morozov competed in the 50-metre breaststroke, swimming a 27.12 and placing ninth overall.

(2 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. Day three, the final day of competition, he placed seventh in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.28 seconds and qualified for the final in the evening.

(3 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. Morozov placed fourth in the final, finishing less than three tenths of a second behind bronze medalist in the event

Chad le Clos Chad Guy Bertrand le Clos, OIS (born 12 April 1992) is a South African competitive swimmer who is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion. He is the African record, Commonwealth record, and South African record holder in the short ...

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with a time of 22.73 seconds.

(3 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Berlin (GER): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

Stop 2: Budapest

Stop number two of the World Cup series, held in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

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, Morozov started his competition on day one, swimming a 21.51 in the 50-metre freestyle prelims in the morning and advancing to the final in the evening.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. He won his first medal in the final, finishing in 21.04 seconds, and less than one tenth of a second behind

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

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, to win the silver medal.

(7 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.Race, Retta (7 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. Day two of competition, Morozov ranked third in the 100-metre freestyle prelims heats at 47.41 seconds and advanced to the final.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. In the final he finished second, over half a second behind Kyle Chalmers and over half a second ahead of

Kristóf Milák Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre butterfly. He also currently holds the ...

of Hungary, in a time of 46.25 seconds and won his second silver medal of the stop.

(8 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.Race, Retta (8 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. On the third and final day of competition, Morozov placed ninth and achieved alternate status for the final of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.30 seconds in the prelims heats.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021. His alternate status was called upon and he was able to compete in the final where he won his third medal of the stop, this time a bronze medal, in a time of 22.52 seconds only behind

of the

and

Szebasztián Szabó Szebasztián Szabó ( sr, Себастијан Сабо, Sebastijan Sabo; born 11 March 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly. He competed in the men's 50 metre butterfly event at the 2 ...

of Hungary.

(9 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.Dornan, Ben (9 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Budapest: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

Stop 3: Doha

Prior to the start of competition at the third World Cup stop, which was held in

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for the year, Morozov was mentioned as an athlete to watch during the stop by ''

''.Lohn, John (16 October 2021)
"Star-Powered Field On Tap As FINA World Cup Set For Move To Doha"
''

''. Retrieved 16 October 2021. Building repetition into his World Cup stop entries, Morozov chose to go with the honed entry list of events, 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle and 50-metre butterfly, he swam in Budapest for Doha.

(20 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Entries Book"
''

''. Retrieved 20 October 2021. Beginning his competition, Morozov ranked third in the morning prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle on day one, qualifying for the final as one of three swimmers under 22 seconds with his time of 21.87 seconds.

(21 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 21 October 2021. Morozov won his first gold medal of the 2021 World Cup circuit in the final of the 50-metre freestyle, finishing first with a time of 20.89.

(21 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 October 2021.Sutherland, James (21 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 21 October 2021. In the morning prelims on day two, Morozov ranked fourth overall with a time of 47.56 in the 100-metre freestyle, just one hundredth of a second behind Kyle Chalmers heading into the final.

(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.Sutherland, James (22 October 2021)
"Hwang Sunwoo Leads Stacked 100 Free Field At Day 2 Prelims Of Doha World Cup"
''

''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. He cruised to winning a silver medal in a time of 46.31 seconds in the final, finishing only after Kyle Chalmers.

(22 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 22 October 2021.Sutherland, James (22 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Doha: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 22 October 2021. Starting the last day of competition at the Doha stop, Morozov ranked eighth in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.67 and qualified for the final later the same day.

(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Finishing the day off, he placed fourth in the final of the 50-metre butterfly with a time of 22.76 seconds.

(23 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

Stop 4: Kazan

Morozov was mentioned as a competitor to watch in his freestyle races against Kyle Chalmers by

in advance of the start of competition at the Kazan Aquatics Palace in

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 ...

for the fourth and final stop of the year's World Cup circuit.Kamardina, Olga (25 October 2021)
"Final leg of the Swimming World Cup is ready to go in Kazan"
''

''. Retrieved 26 October 2021. Participating in a FINA-hosted

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conference, Morozov spoke about fitness, performance, and racing Kyle Chalmers in regards to the last stop: Making good on his promise to try and beat Kyle Chalmers, Morozov ranked third overall in the prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 21.25 seconds that was just one tenth of a second behind Kyle Chalmers, who ranked first in the heats, and both advanced to the final later in the day.

(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. In the medal determining finals race for the event, Morozov swam his fastest time in the 50-metre freestyle for the 2021 World Cup circuit, a 20.81, and finished just thirteen hundredths of a second after Kyle Chalmers for the silver medal.

(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021.Sutherland, James (28 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Kazan: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. Morozov kept pace in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle in the morning of day two of competition, advancing to the final ranking fourth with his time of 47.07 seconds from the morning.

(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. In the final of the 100-metre freestyle, Morozov won the silver medal with a time of 46.32 seconds and finished second to Kyle Chalmers who set a new world record in the event, a feat Morozov had narrowly missed a few years earlier when he swam within one hundredth of a second of the world record.

(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 29 October 2021.Sutherland, James (29 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup — Kazan: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 29 October 2021. Starting off the last day of the World Cup, Morozov tied for fourth in the prelims heats of the 50-metre butterfly with a time 22.87 seconds that was six-hundredths of a second faster than Kyle Chalmers who ranked sixth.

(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. Morozov finished off the podium in the final, coming in fifth-place and thirty-five hundredths of a second behind Kyle Chalmers who won the bronze medal.

(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 30 October 2021.Race, Retta (30 October 2021)
"2021 FINA World Cup Kazan: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 30 October 2021. In terms of overall points scored from all 2021 World Cup stops by a male competitor, Morozov took first-place amongst Russian swimmers, third-place amongst the competitors whose country hosted at least one of the year's World Cup stops, and ninth-place for competitors from any country."FINA Swimming World Cup: Men Individual Ranking 2021 - Rankings"
''

''. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021. In terms of total medals won, Morozov ranked tenth amongst male competitors with his total of eight medals, one of which was gold, five of which were silver, and two of which were bronze.Takata, Daniel (1 November 2021)
"The Swimmers With The Most Medals At The 2021 FINA World Cup"
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''. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

2021 European Championships

For the

2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) were held in Kazan, Russia from 2 to 7 November 2021 at the Palace of Water Sports The Palace of Water Sports (; tt-Cyrl, Су спорт төрләре сара) is an indoor aquatics ...

held in Kazan from 2 to 7 November, Morozov entered to compete in three events, the 50-metre freestyle, the 100-metre freestyle, and the 100-metre individual medley.

(24 October 2021)
"2021 LEN Short-Course European Championships Psych Sheets"
''

''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. The day before the start of competition, an updated entries list revealed Morozov had pulled out of racing the 100-metre individual medley at the Championships.Dornan, Ben (1 November 2021)
"Bilis And Liukkonen Pull Out Of Short Course Euros, Morozov Drops 100 IM"
''

''. Retrieved 1 November 2021. His first race, the final of the 4x50-metre freestyle relay on day one of competition, Morozov led-off the relay with a split time of 21.22 seconds and helped the relay win the bronze medal with a time of 1:23.35.

(2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. On the second day, Morozov competed in his first individual race, swimming a 21.23 in the prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle and qualifying for the semifinals.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In the semifinals of the 50-metre freestyle, Morozov lowered his time from the prelims by a quarter of a second, swimming a 20.98 and advancing to the final ranked third.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In the final of the 4x50-metre medley relay the same day, Morozov split a 22.18 for the butterfly leg of the relay, helping the finals relay achieve a time of 1:30.79 and win the silver medal.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4x50m Medley Relay Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. The third day of competition, he swam a 20.95 in the final of the 50-metre freestyle and won a bonze medal in the event.

(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Day number five, 6 November, Morozov swam a 46.75 in the prelims heats of the 100-metre freestyle, ranked eighth overall, and did not advance to the semifinals as he ranked fourth amongst Russian swimmers in the prelims heats and each country was limited to two swimmers past the prelims heats.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 6 November 2021. Later in the day, he split a 21.30 for the first leg of the 4x50-metre mixed freestyle relay in the final, helping the relay achieve a time of 1:29.40 and earn a silver medal.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 6 November 2021. After Russia won the silver medal, the relay team who touched the wall fourth, the team from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, protested Russia winning a medal, so

decided to disqualify Morozov and the rest of the 4x50-metre mixed freestyle relay team from Russia and strip them of the medals they had already received and give the Poland relay team bronze medals for their efforts as the Russian swimmers did not swim in the order submitted to officials before the race.Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021)
"Kazan 2021: Silver Medallists Russia Did From Mixed 4x50 Free, Poland Elevated To Bronze"
''

''. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

On 2 December Morozov was officially announced to the Russia team roster for the 2021 World Short Course Championships to be held at

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starting on 16 December.Race, Retta (29 November 2021)
"Russia Reveals Roster For 2021 Short Course World Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 2 December 2021. Due to the ongoing Court of Arbitration for Sport ban, he and his fellow Russians were required to compete using the FINA-determined name Russian Swimming Federation.

(14 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Entries Book"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022. Day one of competition, Morozov won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay for his contributions alongside prelims relay teammates

Andrei Minakov Andrey Dmitriyevich Minakov (russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Минаков; born 17 March 2002) is a Russian swimmer and Olympian.Aleksandr Shchegolev, and Daniil Markov when the finals relay, which did not include Morozov, finished first.

(16 December 2021)
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''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

(16 December 2021)
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''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. The second day of competition, he led-off the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay in the final with a 21.17, helping achieve a bronze-medal-winning time of 1:28.97.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the prelims heats of the 50 metre freestyle on day three, he did not qualify for the semifinals, ranking 17th with a time of 21.54 seconds.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Morozov led-off the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the prelims heats on day four with a 21.33, helping qualify the relay for the final tied for first in rank.

(19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. In the final, he split a 20.61 for the second leg of the relay, which tied

for the second-fastest split in the final of the event and contributed to a silver-medal-win and a final relay time of 1:23.75.

(19 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 19 December 2021. On day five, he split a 20.37 for the freestyle leg of the 4×50-meter medley relay in the final, contributing to a Championships record and gold-medal-winning time of 1:30.51.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.Rieder, David (20 December 2021)
"U.S. Men Lower American Record in 200 Medley Relay Gold-Medal Tie; Nic Fink Also Lowers 50 Breast AR"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

2022: Twice banned for being Russian

On 21 April 2022, the world governing body for aquatic sports,

, banned Morozov and all of his fellow countrymen and countrywomen, as well as all Belarusians, for at least the remainder of the 2022 from any of their competitions or other events.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. Leading up to this global ban of Belarusians and Russians, the European aquatic sport governing body,

, permanently shut the same nationals out of their competitions starting 3 March 2022 and opted not to provide an end date for the ban."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
''

''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022. His, and all other Russians's, times following ban implementation and through the end of the year did not count towards world records nor world rankings, no matter what competition they were achieved at.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

International championships (50 m)

: Morozov swam only in the preliminary heats.

International championships (25 m)

: Morozov swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Morozov has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Vladimir Morozov: Medals"
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''. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

World records

Short course metres

split 20.72 (2nd leg); with Sergei Fesikov (1st leg),

Rozaliya Nasretdinova Rozaliya Haydyarovna Nasretdinova (russian: Розалия Хайдяровна Насретдинова), (born 10 February 1997) is a Russian swimmer. She is of Tatar and Russian roots. Career In 2012, Nasretdinova competed in her first 201 ...

(3rd leg),

Veronika Popova Veronika Andreyevna Andrusenko (née Popova) (russian: Вероника Андреевна Андрусенко (Попова); born 20 January 1991) is a Russian competitive swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national ...

(4th leg)
split 21.01 (1st leg); with

Evgeny Sedov Evgeny Vadimovich Sedov (russian: Евгений Вадимович Седов; born 29 January 1996) is a Russian competitive swimmer. Sedov and his teammates won the gold medal in the 4×50 m freestyle relay at the 2014 short course world cha ...

(2nd leg), Oleg Tikhobaev (3rd leg), Sergei Fesikov (4th leg)
split 20.24 for freestyle leg; with

Kliment Kolesnikov Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in lo ...

(backstroke),

Kirill Prigoda Kirill Gennadievich Prigoda (russian: Кирилл Геннадьевич Пригода; born 29 December 1995) is a Russian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Prigoda's ...

(breaststroke), Aleksandr Popkov (butterfly)
split 25.40 for breaststroke leg; with Kliment Kolesnikov (backstroke),

Arina Surkova Arina Aleksandrovna Surkova (russian: Арина Александровна Суркова; born 17 July 1998) is a Russian swimmer specializing in freestyle and butterfly. She won two bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships (25 m). Car ...

(butterfly),

Maria Kameneva Maria Andreyevna Kameneva (russian: Мария Андреевна Каменева; born 27 May 1999) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She won nine medals at the 2015 European Games. Six of them were gold (1 is individual, 5 are in relays), one w ...

(freestyle)

Continental and national records

Long course metres

Short course metres

Honours

Medal of the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" II degree (13 August 2012) – for outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high athletic achievements at the XXX Olympic Games 2012 in London (United Kingdom).

Awards

* ''

'', High School Swimmer of the Year (Male): 2010"Incoming Freshman Morozov Named Swimming World's Prep Swimmer Of The Year"
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''. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2022. * ''

'', Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#48),Anderson, Jared (29 January 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #50 — #41"
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''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. 2022 (#58)Sutherland, James (10 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #75-51"
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''. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

References

External links

* * *
Vladimir Morozov
– University of Southern California athlete profile at USCTrojans.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Morozov, Vladimir 1992 births Living people Russian male swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic swimmers of Russia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Oblast Male backstroke swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Russian male freestyle swimmers Russian male breaststroke swimmers Russian male butterfly swimmers Male medley swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian people 20th-century Russian people

Background

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

2012 World and European Championships

2013 NCAA and Championships

2014

2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Swimming World Cup

2016 World Short Course Championships

2017 Championships and World Cup

2018 National Championships

2018 Swimming World Cup

2019 Swimming World Cup

2019 European Championships

2019—2020 International Swimming League

2020 Summer Olympics

2021 Swimming World Cup

Stop 1: Berlin

Stop 2: Budapest

Stop 3: Doha

Stop 4: Kazan

2021 European Championships

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022: Twice banned for being Russian

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

World records

Short course metres

Continental and national records

Long course metres

Short course metres

Honours

Awards

See also

References

External links