Andrey Dmitriyevich Minakov (; born 17 March 2002) is a Russian

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and Olympian."Andrei Minakov: Personal Best Results"
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''. Retrieved 21 September 2021. He is the Russian record holder in the

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100 metre butterfly. He is a former world junior record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre butterfly and long course 100 metre freestyle. At the

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, he won silver medals in the 100 metre butterfly and 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay. In 2021, at the

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, he placed fourth in the 100 metre butterfly, fourth in the 4×100 metre medley relay, seventh in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and tenth in the 100 metre freestyle. He also won two gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals at the 2021 World Short Course Championships.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 31 January 2022. In 2022, he won the NCAA title in the 100 yard butterfly.

Background

Minakov was raised in

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, Russia, though later in his youth he began splitting his time between Russia and

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, training in the

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during the summer months each year. Collegiately, he started attending

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in 2020, where he started competing as part of the

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swim team in the fall of 2021, following a year of being

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(2020–2021).Lohn, John (15 October 2021)
"Olympian Andrei Minakov Makes Stanford Debut As Cardinal Topple Utah"
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''. Retrieved 15 October 2021. The week Minakov announced his commitment to swimming for Stanford, the week of 3 December 2019, he ranked number one for "The Week That Was" honour from ''

''.Ross, Andy (3 December 2019)
"The Week That Was: Andrei Minakov Commits to Stanford, Caeleb Dressel, Meghan Haila Announce Engagement"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In 2023, Minakov changed his region of representation for Russian competitions to the

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."Minakov on preparing for the Chechen Republic: 'Nothing has changed in training, but now I'm playing for Tatarstan'"
''athletistic.com''. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

2018–2019

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

When he was 16 years old, Minakov competed at the

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, Argentina, winning six gold medals and one silver medal.Binner, Andrew (13 October 2020)
"Swimming star Andrei Minakov ready to take Russia 'to the next level' at Tokyo 2020"
''

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''. 21 Retrieved September 2021. Minakov set a new national record of 51.12 seconds in the 100 metre butterfly and won the gold medal, touching ahead of silver medalist in the event

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.Ortegon, Karl (9 October 2018)
"Andrei Minakov Clips Russian Record In 100 Fly At YOGs"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. In addition to the national record, Minakov helped set a new world junior record of 3:35.17 in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay and splitting a time of 51.14 seconds.Sutherland, James (10 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay in 3:28.50, splitting a 49.60 for the second leg of the relay in the final.

;

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(12 October 2018)
"Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games: Official Results Book Swimming"
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''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. In the 4×100 metre freestyle relay Minakov anchored the relay in 48.93 seconds, contributing to the final time of 3:18.11 with

Kliment Kolesnikov Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian Swimming (sport), swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/1 ...

, Daniil Markov, and Vladislav Gerasimenko.Pimer, Diana (9 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games Night Three Recap: Andrei Minakov Climbs World Ranks"
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''. Retrieved 28 January 2022."Eastern European swimmers rule in the pool"
'' Olympics.com''. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022. For the 50 metre butterfly, Minakov won the gold medal with a time of 23.62 seconds, finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of Daniil Markov and Tomoe Hvas who tied for the silver medal. In the final of the 100 metre freestyle Minakov won the gold medal, finishing less than two tenths of a second ahead of the silver and bronze medalists in the event with a time of 49.23 seconds.Sica, James (12 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games Day Six Recap: Minakov Earns Sixth Gold Medal"
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''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. He split a 51.63 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay to help earn the silver medal in a time of 3:51.46 with Polina Egorova (backstroke), Anastasia Makarova (breaststroke), and Kliment Kolesnikov (freestyle).

2019 World Championships

In July 2019 at the

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, South Korea, Minakov won two silver medals and one bronze medal."18th FINA World Championships 2019: Results Book"
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''. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021. In the 100 metre butterfly, Minakov set a new national record for

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in the semifinals with a time 50.94, advanced to the final ranked second overall, and became the first Russian in history to swim the race in less than 51 seconds.Sutherland, James (26 July 2019)
"Andrei Minakov Becomes First Russian Sub-51 In 100 Fly"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. The following day, during the final of the 100 metre butterfly, Minakov won the silver medal in a national record time of 50.83 seconds, touching the wall after first-place finisher

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of the

and before third-place finisher

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.Gibbs, Robert (27 July 2019)
"Clips Own Russian Record In 100 Fly In Silver Medal Effort"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Minakov also won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, swimming in the prelims heats, and helped win a bronze medal and set a new national record in the 4×100 metre medley relay at 3:28.81 with his relay teammates

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(backstroke),

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(breaststroke), and Vladimir Morozov (freestyle), splitting a 50.54 for the butterfly leg of the relay.

2019 World Junior Championships

As part of the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary in August 2019, Minakov helped win the gold medal and break the world junior record he helped set in the event in 2018, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in 50.93 seconds and contributing to the new record time of 3:33.19.Ross, Andy (25 August 2019)
"Russia Ends United States' Perfect Streak in Relays at World Juniors With World Junior Record in Men's 4×100 Medley Relay"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. He also won a gold medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.73, a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly with a 23.39, a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly in 51.25 seconds, a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay at 3:16.26, a silver medal in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay with a 3:27.72, and contributed to winning the silver medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay with a final time of 3:48.06.

(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. For his accomplishments, Minakov was named as one of two "Swimmer of the Championships" competitors along with Lani Pallister of

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.Ross, Andy (25 August 2019)
"Andrei Minakov, Lani Pallister Named Swimmers of the Meet at World Juniors"
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''. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

2020–2022: Redshirt and bans

2020 Russian Championships

At the 2020 Russian National Championships held in at the

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in October and conducted in

metres, Minakov swam a personal best time of 47.57 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the former record of 47.58 seconds set by

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of Australia when he won the gold medal in the event at the

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.Byrnes, Liz (30 October 2020)
"Andrei Minakov Takes Down Chalmers' World Junior Record in 100 Free"
''

''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Earlier in the championships, he set a new world junior record in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 23.05 seconds.Race, Retta (28 October 2020)
"Minakov Breaks World Junior Record In 50 Fly In Russian Semi-Finals"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

2020–2021 Collegiate season: Redshirt

For the 2020 to 2021 collegiate season, starting in the autumn of 2020 and ending in the spring of 2021, Minakov was

by the

, and as such, chose to remain living in Russia, take classes online, and train in his home country.Ross, Andy (28 August 2020)
"World Champs Medalist Andrei Minakov to Stay in Russia Ahead of Freshman Year of Stanford"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. In December 2020, at the Russian National Championships conducted in short course metres, Minakov established a new world junior record in the short course 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.34 seconds.Ross, Andy (18 December 2020)
"Andrei Minakov Lowers World Junior Record in 50 Butterfly SCM"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. One day earlier, day four of six of the Championships on 17 December, the

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announced that Russians, including Minakov, were banned from competing at

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nor World Championships in any sport, including swimming, using the name of their country, their national anthem, nor their flag for two full years (through 16 December 2022).Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020)
"Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics"
''

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''. Retrieved 4 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 4 November 2022.

2020 European Championships

In the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay at the

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, held at

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in Budapest, Hungary in May 2021, Minakov led-off the relay with a time of 48.18 seconds to help earn the gold medal in the event with a Championships record time of 3:10.41. LEN (17 May 2021)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Budapest - Hungary: Results 4 x 100m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. For the 100 metre freestyle, Minakov won the bronze medal with a time of 47.74 seconds, finishing 0.37 seconds after gold medalist and fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov and 0.29 seconds after silver medalist

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. LEN (19 May 2021)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Budapest - Hungary: Results 100m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 28 January 2022. Minakov won his third medal of the Championships in the 4×100 metre medley relay where he split a 47.41 for the freestyle leg of the relay in the final to contribute to the final time of 3:29.50 and help win the silver medal. LEN (23 May 2021)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Budapest - Hungary: Results 4 x 100m Medley Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

2020 Summer Olympics

For those Russians who wanted compete at the 2020 Olympic Games, the

forced them, including Minakov, to compete using the name

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, no flag, uniforms of their design, and a song of their choice/approval instead of the national anthem, with the decision stemming from the two year Court of Arbitration for Sport ban lasting December 2020 to December 2022.Grohmann, Karolos (19 February 2021)
"Olympics: Russia to compete under ROC acronym in Tokyo as part of doping sanctions"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

(14 April 2021)
"No flag allowed, but Russian colors plastered on uniforms for Tokyo Olympics"
'' CBC.ca''. Retrieved 4 November 2022.OlympicTalk (22 April 2021)
"Tchaikovsky music replaces Russia anthem at Olympics in Tokyo, Beijing"
''

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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. At the

itself, which took place in

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, Japan in 2021 due to the

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, Minakov placed 4th in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.88 seconds.Race, Retta (5 August 2021)
"Stanford's Minakov At Peace With Fourth Place Olympic Finish In 100 Fly"
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''. Retrieved 21 September 2021. He also placed 4th swimming the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay splitting a time of 50.31, 10th in the 100 metre freestyle where he swam a time of 48.03 seconds in the semifinals, and 7th in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay splitting a 47.71 for the lead-off leg of the relay.

;

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

''. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

2021–2022 Collegiate season beginnings

Competing in his first collegiate season for

, Minakov improved his best time in the 50 yard freestyle by approximately six-tenths of a second on the first day of competition, 18 November, with a time of 19.13 seconds in the prelims at the 2021

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Fall Invitational in

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, United States.Lepesant, Anne (18 November 2021)
"2021 NC State Invite Day 1 Prelims: Andrei Minakov Blasts 19.1 50 Free"
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''. Retrieved 18 November 2021. In the final of the 50 yard freestyle, Minakov tied for second-place with his time of 19.20 seconds.Lepesant, Anne (18 November 2021)
"2021 NC State Fall Invitational: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 18 November 2021. The second day of competition, Minakov set a new personal best time in the 100 yard butterfly at 44.78 seconds, which won him first place.Lepesant, Anne (19 November 2021)
"2021 NC State Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 19 November 2021. The morning of the third day of competition, Minakov swam a personal best time of 42.49 seconds in the 100 yard freestyle in the prelims heats.Hy-Tek (20 November 2021)
"2021 NC State GAC Invitational: Men 100 Yard Freestyle Preliminaries"
''meetresults.com''. Retrieved 20 November 2021. In the evening, Minoakov won the event, lowering his time in the race to 41.89 seconds.Hy-Tek (20 November 2021)
"2021 NC State GAC Invitational: Men 100 Yard Freestyle Finals"
''meetresults.com''. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

Minakov was announced to the team Russia roster on 2 December for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in

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.Race, Retta (29 November 2021)
"Russia Reveals Roster For 2021 Short Course World Championships"
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''. Retrieved 2 December 2021. Due to the ongoing ban on Russian representation at World Championships by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the event organizer,

forced him and all other Russians at the Championships to compete using the name Russian Swimming Federation.

(14 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Entries Book"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. On 16 December, the first day of competition, Minakov split a 45.94 for the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, helping achieve a time of 3:06.02 with prelims relay teammates Aleksandr Shchegolev, Vladimir Morozov, and Daniil Markov, and advance the relay to the final ranked first overall.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.Penland, Spencer (16 December 2021)
"2021 SC World Championships: Day 1 Heats Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2021. In the final of the event, Minakov contributed to the finals relay first-place finish in 3:03.45 with relay teammates Aleksandr Shchegolev,

, and Vladislav Grinev, and won a gold medal for his efforts in both the prelims and final.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2021.Hamann, Michael (16 December 2021)
"2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2021."Russian swimmers take gold at 2021 World Swimming Championships in men's relay"
''

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''. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021. The following day, Minakov ranked second in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly, ahead of Youssef Ramadan of

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and behind Noè Ponti of

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with his time of 49.60 seconds, and qualified for the semifinals later the same day.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. He split a 21.04 for the lead-off leg of the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping his prelims relay teammates qualify the relay for the final ranked first at 1:29.84.Dornan, Ben (16 December 2021)
"2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the evening, Minakov qualified for the final of the 100 metre butterfly ranking eighth with a 49.79.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. Later in the same session, Minakov split a 20.95 for the second leg of 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping win the bronze medal in 1:28.97.

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

''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. On the third day of competition, Minakov swam a 49.21 in the 100 metre butterfly final to win the bronze medal.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2021.Butler, Lynn (18 December 2021)
"Chad le Clos grabs silver in 100m butterfly in Abu Dhabi"
'' News24''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Minakov substituted in for Daniil Markov on the finals relay in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay on day four, splitting a 21.14 for the lead-off leg to contribute to the final time of 1:23.75 and winning the silver medal.

(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. In the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay on day five, Minakov split a 21.76 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help win the gold medal in a Championships record 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"
''

''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. On the final day, day six of competition, Minakov split a 48.81 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay, helping win the bronze medal in a time of 3:20.65.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

2022 Pac-12 Conference Championships

King County Aquatic Center bleacher area - 23 November 2022

Heading into his first collegiate championships season, Minakov won the 100 yard butterfly, with a time of 46.40 seconds, and the 50 yard freestyle, with a 19.58, in dual meet in February 2022.De George, Matthew (6 February 2022)
"Andrei Minakov Leads Stanford Past USC, Set up Cal Showdown"
''

''. Retrieved 6 February 2022. At the 2022

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Championships in early March 2022, and held at the King County Aquatic Center (KCAC) in Federal Way, United States, Minakov split a 19.49 for the butterfly leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay on the first day to help achieve a first-place finish in 1:22.74 and become the second-fastest swimmer in terms of 50 yard butterfly split times on relays in the

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, only after

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.Dornan, Ben (2 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 2 March 2022.Pelshaw, Anya (2 March 2022)
"Stanford's Andrei Minakov Splits 19.49 Fly Split, 3rd Fastest In History"
''

''. Retrieved 2 March 2022. On day two, he swam a 19.24 in the prelims heats of the 50 yard freestyle to qualify for the final ranking second.D'Addona, Dan (3 March 2022)
"2022 Pac-12 Men's Championships Day 2 Prelims: Cal's Bjorn Seeliger Throws Down 18.86 in 50 Free"
''

''. Retrieved 3 March 2022. In the evening, he swam a personal best time of 19.08 seconds in the final to place second.Li, Yanyan (3 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 3 March 2022. Minakov followed up his 19.08 with a 19.10 lead-off leg in the next event, the 4×50 yard freestyle relay, helping achieve a fourth-place finish in 1:16.74.De George, Matthew (3 March 2022)
"2022 Pac-12 Men's Championships: Leon Marchand Blasts 1:39 200 IM to win"
''

''. Retrieved 3 March 2022. Day three of competition, he swam a time of 44.21 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100 yard butterfly to qualify for the final ranking first and set a new Championships record.Berman, Sarah (4 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 4 March 2022. In the final, he set a new Pac-12 Conference record of 43.90 seconds to win the event, and later in the finals session he helped achieve a win in the 4×100 yard medley relay, splitting a 44.16 for the butterfly leg of the relay.Hy-Tek (5 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Swimming/Diving Champions: Meet Results"
''results.teamunify.com''. Retrieved 5 March 2022. The fourth and final day, he ranked ninth in the prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle with a 42.68 to qualify for the b-final.Penland, Spencer (5 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 5 March 2022. In the evening finals session, he placed first in the b-final of the 100 yard freestyle with a 42.27 before helping achieve a third-place finish in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay where he swam a 41.47 for the first 100-yard portion of the relay to contribute to the final time of 2:47.17.Penland, Spencer (5 March 2022)
"2022 Men's Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

First ban for being Russian (LEN)

On 3 March 2022, Minakov was indefinitely banned from international competition at LEN events along with all other Russians and Belarusians in response to the

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, the ban was enacted on the second day of the aforementioned 2022 Pac-12 Conference Championships."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
. '' LEN''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

2022 NCAA Championships

Minakov competed in two events on the first day of the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships, 23 March, starting by helping achieve an eighth-place finish in the 4×50 yard medley relay in 1:22.41 by splitting a 19.42 for the butterfly leg of the relay, then contributing a split of 1:31.49 for the lead-off leg of the 4×200 yard freestyle relay to help place third in 6:06.83.D'Addona, Dan (23 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Florida on 200 Medley Relay NCAA Record 'It is Everything to Us'"
''

''. Retrieved 23 March 2022.Rieder, David (23 March 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Dominates 800 Free Relay for New American, NCAA Record"
''

''. Retrieved 23 March 2022. The next day, he helped place fourteenth in the 4×50 yard freestyle relay with a 1:16.36, splitting a 19.20 for the lead-off leg of the relay.Hy-Tek (24 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved 24 March 2022. For the prelims heats of the 100 yard butterfly on the third morning, he qualified for the final of the event ranking first with a personal best time of 43.77 seconds and broke the pool record of 44.01 seconds set by Joseph Schooling in 2016.Hamann, Michael (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Day 3 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 25 March 2022.D'Addona, Dan (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Stanford's Andrei Minakov Takes Top Seed in 100 Butterfly"
''

''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. He won the 100 yard butterfly title in the final, breaking his own pool record with a personal best time of 43.71 seconds and finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of second-place finisher

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and third-place finisher Youssef Ramadan.D'Addona, Dan (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Stanford's Andrei Minakov Holds off Field to Win 100 Butterfly"
''

''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. Following up his 43.71, he split a 43.58 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay to help place sixth in 3:01.70.Rieder, David (25 March 2022)
"Cal Takes 400 Medley Relay Victory From Early Heat to Propel Bears Into First Place"
''

''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. In the morning prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle on the fourth and final day, he qualified for the final ranking fourth with a personal best time of 41.29 seconds.Hamann, Michael (26 March 2022)
"2022 M. NCAA Division I Championships: Day 4 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. He swam another personal best time in the final of the 100 yard freestyle, finishing third in 41.09 seconds, which was less than three-tenths of a second behind first-place finisher Brooks Curry and less than three-tenths of a second ahead of sixth-place finisher

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.D'Addona, Dan (26 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Brooks Curry on Another Hometown Win: 'I've Been Dreaming About This Race'"
''

''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. For the 4×100 yard freestyle relay, he led-off with a 41.61, helping achieve an eighth-place finish in 2:48.21.Rieder, David (March 26, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Takes Down Arizona State, Cal in 400 Free Relay to Conclude Meet"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

Second ban for being Russian (FINA)

Twenty-six days after the end of the Championships, Minakov and all other Russians and Belarusians were banned from all

competitions for the remainder of the year, including and not limited to the

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and the 2022 World Short Course Championships.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
''

''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. Times he and other Russians achieved at non-FINA events from that point out through the end of 2022 did not count towards world records nor world rankings.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

2022 US National Championships

For the 2022 USA Swimming National Championships, held in July in

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, Minakov was allowed to compete, he was required to compete for a United States club instead of his country, and placed fourth in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 52.24 seconds, which was less than two seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas, and placed fourth in the b-final of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 49.26 seconds.

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(30 July 2022)
"2022 Phillips 66 National Championships: Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

2022 Russian Solidarity Games

At the November segment of the 2022 Russian Solidarity Games, conducted in short course metres in Kazan for swimming competition, Minakov won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 49.92 seconds on day four, 22 November."Event 115 Men, 100m Butterfly Men 22.11.2022"
''Russian Swimming Federation''. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023. The following day, he finished in a time of 21.31 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle to win the bronze medal, sharing the podium with Kliment Kolesnikov (gold medalist) and Daniil Markov (silver medalist)."Event 122 Men, 50m Freestyle Men 23.11.2022"
''Russian Swimming Federation''. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.Sutherland, James (23 November 2022)
"Kolesnikov's WR, Russian Records From Surkova & Kameneva Highlight Day 4 In Kazan"
''

''. Retrieved 12 March 2023. On day six, he swam a personal best time of 22.30 seconds in the final of the 50 metre butterfly and won the gold medal."Event 130 Men, 50m Butterfly Men 24.11.2022"
''Russian Swimming Federation''. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023. The seventh and final day, he achieved a silver medal-win in the 100 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 46.56 seconds in the final.
''athletistic.com''. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

2023

2023 Pac-12 Conference Championships

The first evening of the 2023 Pac-12 Conference Championships, held in early March at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, United States, Minakov split a 19.49 for the butterfly leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay, though was disqualified with the rest of his relay teammates, Leon MacAlister, Zhier Fan, and Rafael Gu, along with three other relay teams.Hy-Tek (1 March 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 Pac-12 Men's Swimming/Diving Champions"
''teamunify.com''. Retrieved 1 March 2023."Day One Done"
''

''. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023. On the evening of day two, he won the bronze medal in the 50 yard freestyle with a personal best time of 19.07 seconds."ASU and California climb into first and second on day two of the Men's Swimming Championships"
''

''. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023."Strong Second Day"
''

''. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023. Later in the session, he swam the first leg of the 4×50 yard freestyle relay in 19.13 seconds, contributing to a time of 1:16.24 and fourth-place finish. For the 100 yard butterfly on day three, he ranked first in the morning preliminaries with a 44.34, then won the conference title in the final with a time of 44.51 seconds that registered him as the only swimmer faster than 45 seconds.Hy-Tek (3 March 2023)
"2023 Pac-12 Men's Swimming/Diving Champions: Results Friday Finals"
''

''. Retrieved 3 March 2023."Back-to-Back Titles"
''

''. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023."Stanford's Andrei Minakov wins 100 Fly at 2023 Pac-12 Men's Swimming & Diving Championships"
''

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''. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023. He followed his gold medal up with a bronze medal in the 4×100 yard medley relay later in the same session, swimming a 44.16 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish in 3:02.71. On the fourth and final day, Minakov started the evening finals session with a sixth-place finish in the 100 yard freestyle, finishing in a time of 42.01 seconds that was 1.11 seconds behind gold medalist Björn Seeliger of the

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."Third at Pac-12 Championships"
''

''. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023. He concluded with a relay team disqualification in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay, on which he swam a 41.77 for the second leg of the relay.Hy-Tek (4 March 2023)
"2023 Pac-12 Men's Swimming/Diving Champions: Results Saturday Finals"
''

''. Retrieved 4 March 2023. His performances throughout the Championships contributed to an overall third-place team finish for the Stanford Cardinal.

2023 NCAA Championships

The first finals session of the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships, held starting 22 March, Minakov helped place tenth in the 4×50 yard medley relay, contributing a split time of 19.67 seconds for the butterfly leg to a final time of 1:22.69, and seventh in the 4×200 yard freestyle relay in 6:12.66, where he led-off with a 1:32.54.Hy-Tek (22 March 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved 22 March 2023."Two Top-10 Finishes"
''

''. March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023. Swimming a 19.16 for the first leg of the 4×50 yard freestyle relay on day two, he helped achieve a fourteenth-place finish in 1:16.44.Hy-Tek (23 March 2023)
"2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships: Results - Thursday - Finals"
''

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''. Retrieved 28 March 2023."Two in the Top-Five"
''

''. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023. On day three, he qualified for the final of the 100 yard butterfly with a season best and All-American time of 44.17 seconds before placing fourth in the final in a time of 44.27 seconds.Hy-Tek (24 March 2023)
"2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships: Results - Friday - Finals"
''

''. Retrieved 28 March 2023."Four Individual All-Americans on Day Three"
''

''. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023."CSCAA Announces Division I Men's Awards and All-America Team"
''cscaa.org''. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023. In his second event of the day, he placed eleventh with his relay teammates in the 4×100 yard medley relay, contributing a split time of 44.45 seconds for the butterfly portion to a final time of 3:03.61. The morning of the fourth and final day, he placed thirty-fourth in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 42.53 seconds.Hy-Tek (25 March 2023)
"2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships: Results - Saturday - Trials"
''

''. Retrieved 28 March 2023. In the evening finals session, he helped place eighth in a time of 2:47.61 in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay, swimming the second leg of the relay in 41.11 seconds.Hy-Tek (25 March 2023)
"2023 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships: Results - Saturday - Finals"
''

''. Retrieved 28 March 2023."Eighth Place Finish"
''

''. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023. The points allocated for the relay finishes and his 100 yard butterfly fourth-place finish contributed to an overall eighth-place for the Stanford Cardinal team at the Championships.

2023 Russian Championships

Following the termination of the collegiate Championships, Minakov returned to Russia for training, changed his region of representation for Russian competitions to the

, and prepared for the 2023 Russian National Championships, held starting 16 April in Kazan, and the first

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-hosted Russian Swimming Cup, held 1 to 2 May 2023.""It would be silly to deny that there is a lack of emotion." Swimmer Minakov on plans for the season and a change of region"
''athletistic.com''. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023. After he returned to Russia,

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(formerly FINA) announced its extension of the ban on Russians and Belarusians at their competitions from 2022 for the foreseeable future."PRESS RELEASE , World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus"
''

''. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. On the first day of the Russian National Championships, he helped the Republic of Tatarstan relay place fifth in the 4×100m freestyle relay in 3:21.40, leading-off the relay with a 48.22."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 107 Мужчины, 4 x 100m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023. The second morning, MInakov ranked second in the preliminaries of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 51.58 seconds and advanced to the semifinals."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 11 Мужчины, 100m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. For the evening semifinals he finished in a time of 51.91 seconds and qualified for the final on day three ranking fourth."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 211 Мужчины, 100m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. He followed up with a 50.98 for the butterfly leg of the Republic of Tatarstan relay team in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay final, helping win the bronze medal in 3:49.16."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 114 Смешанный, 4 х 100m Комбинированная 2010 и старше"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023. The third evening session, he won a silver medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 51.23 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 111 Мужчины, 100m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023. On the fourth morning, he ranked fourth out of 153 competitors in the preliminary heats of the 50 metre butterfly with a 23.58 and advanced to the semifinals stage of competition."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 24 Мужчины, 50m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023. In the evening session, he tied for fifth-rank and qualified for the final of the 50 metre butterfly in the semifinals, with a time of 23.43 seconds, and led-off the 4×200 metre freestyle relay with a personal best time of 1:47.57 to contribute to a fourth-place finish in 7:23.36."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 224 Мужчины, 50m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 128 Мужчины, 4 x 200m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023. On the fifth day, Minakov finished in a time of 49.37 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the semifinals ranking seventh."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 29 Мужчины, 100m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. In the evening, he started with a fifth-place finish in the 50 metre butterfly final with time a of 23.45 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 124 Мужчины, 50m Баттерфляй Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. He concluded the session with a ranking of fourth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 48.73 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 229 Мужчины, 100m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. Concluding his competition at the Championships in the final of the 100 metre freestyle on the sixth and final day, he won the silver medal with a time of 48.32 seconds."ЧЕМПИОНАТ РОССИИ 2023: Дистанция 129 Мужчины, 100m Вольный стиль Мужчины"
(in Russian). ''Russian Swimming Federation''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
''athletistic.com''. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

International championships (50 m)

: Minakov swam only in the heats.

International championships (25 m)

Collegiate championships (25 yd)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: h – preliminary heat; r – relay 1st leg

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Legend: r — relay 1st leg

Records

World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: sf – semifinals

Short course metres (25 m pool)

National records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: sf – semifinals

Awards and honours

* ''

'' Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#14),Anderson, Jared (4 February 2021)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #20 — #11"
''

''. Retrieved 11 October 2021. 2022 (#32)Sutherland, James (14 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #40-31"
''

''. Retrieved 14 January 2022. * ''

'', The Week That Was: 3 December 2019 (#1) *

, Swimmer of the Week (male): 10 February 2022"Pac-12 Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week - Feb. 10, 2022"
''

''. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022. *

, Male Swimmer of the Championships: 2019 World Junior Championships * ''SwimSwam'' Swammy Award, Junior Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019,Dornan, Ben (22 December 2019)
"2019 Swammy Awards: World Junior Male Swimmer of the Year Andrei Minakov"
''

''. Retrieved 5 October 2021. 2020Dornan, Ben (31 December 2020)
"2020 Swammy Award: World Jr Male Swimmer of the Year - Andrei Minakov"
''

''. Retrieved 5 October 2021. * ''SwimSwam'' Swammy Award, Breakout Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019Neidigh, Lauren (29 December 2019)
"2019 Swammy Awards: Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year Andrei Minakov"
''

''. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minakov, Andrey 2002 births Living people Russian male freestyle swimmers Russian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States Olympic swimmers for Russia 21st-century Russian sportsmen Swimmers from Saint Petersburg

Background

2018–2019

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

2019 World Championships

2019 World Junior Championships

2020–2022: Redshirt and bans

2020 Russian Championships

2020–2021 Collegiate season: Redshirt

2020 European Championships

2020 Summer Olympics

2021–2022 Collegiate season beginnings

2021 World Short Course Championships

2022 Pac-12 Conference Championships

First ban for being Russian (LEN)

2022 NCAA Championships

Second ban for being Russian (FINA)

2022 US National Championships

2022 Russian Solidarity Games

2023

2023 Pac-12 Conference Championships

2023 NCAA Championships

2023 Russian Championships

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Collegiate championships (25 yd)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Records

World junior records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

National records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Awards and honours

See also

References

External links