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Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin ( kz, Дмитрий Игоревич Баландин; born 4 April 1995) is a retired Kazakh breaststroke swimmer. He won the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as the 50, 100 and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2014 Asian Games.
Profile – Aquatics Kazakhstan
1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Kazakhstani male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Kazakhstan Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-swimming-bio-stub
Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin ( kz, Дмитрий Игоревич Баландин; born 4 April 1995) is a retired Kazakh breaststroke swimmer. He won the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as the 50, 100 and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2014 Asian Games.
Career
Balandin currently holds two Kazakh records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, and also set a historic milestone for his nation by striking the breaststroke triple at the 2014 Asian Games inIncheon, South Korea
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
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In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Balandin won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke, setting up new national record with 2:07.46. This was his first Olympic medal, and Kazakhstan's first-ever medal in a swimming event.
Balandin emerged as an unexpected medal contender at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, where he competed in all breaststroke events. In the men's 200 m breaststroke, Balandin moved from a top seed in the prelims to stun the entire crowd and crush the twelve-year-old meet record set by Japanese swimmer and four-time Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke even ...
in a time of 2:07.67 for the gold medal, jumping him into third in the world rankings. The following day, in the men's 100 m breaststroke, Balandin threw down a Kazakh record in 59.92 to pick up his second gold of the meet. Additionally, he raced his stretch to overhaul a minute barrier for the first time in Asian Games history. On the final day of swimming, Balandin completed a remarkable meet with another Games record of 27.78 for his third straight gold of the meet in the 50 m breaststroke.
Recognition
In 2016, a new pool was opened and named after Dmitry Balandin atAl-Farabi Kazakh National University
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University ( kz, Әл-Фараби атындағы Қазақ ұлттық университеті, Äl-Farabi atyndağy Qazaq Ūlttyq Universitetı), also called KazGU or KazNU, is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan. ...
in Alma-Ata
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...
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In 2016, Dmitry Balandin was chosen as one of the nominees in the "proposed candidates" category of the national project «El Tulgasy» (Name of the Motherland) The idea of the project was to select the most significant citizens of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
whose names are now associated with the achievements of the country. More than 350,000 people voted in this project, and Balandin was voted into 3rd place in his category.
Personal best times
References
External links
Profile – Aquatics Kazakhstan
1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Kazakhstani male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Kazakhstan Olympic gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade gold medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-swimming-bio-stub