Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian

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. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in long course, as well as 200 free, 50/100/200 back and 100 IM in short course. He made his debut at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

, where he competed in three backstroke events and set two world junior records. In December 2017, he set a short course 100m backstroke world record at Vladimir Salnikov Cup, becoming the first swimmer born in the 2000s to hold a world record in an individual event. He won a total of six medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) at the

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and established a new 50m backstroke world record. At the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 ...

, Kolesnikov was chosen the

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for Russia. He won a total of six gold medals there. At the 2023 Russian National Championships, conducted in long course metres in April at the

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, Kolesnikov won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 52.54 seconds on day two."Swimmer Kolesnikov on the best result of the season in the world: "Cool, but compared to the record – swimming for children""
''athletistic.com''. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023. In the finals session on day four, he first won a gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 24.12 seconds, then followed up approximately 75 minutes later with a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 21.91 seconds.
''athletistic.com''. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023. On the sixth and final day, he won a bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a 48.54 and a gold medal as part of the Moscow relay team finishing in 3:30.10 in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay."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.

Personal bests

Long course

Short course

Note WR= World Record, WJR= World Junior Record, ER= European Record, NR= Russian National Record, LC= Long course, SC= Short course, r= relay lead-off

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