Denis Petrashov
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Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Денис Евгеньевич Петрашов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Denis Evgenyevich Petrashov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Kyrgyzstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Louisville Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer who swam for the University of Louisville and was a three-time Olympic participant. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyz national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He made the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[2] His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.[3][4]
Three-time Olympian, 2016-2024
Representing Kyrgyzstan, he competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio where he finished 38th with a time of 2:16.57.
At the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in both the Men's 100-meter breaststroke, where he swam a 1:00.23, finishing 27th overall, and setting a Kyrgyzstani national record, and in the 200-meter breaststroke where he finished 18th overall with a time of 2:10.07. As noted previously, his 200-meter time was a Kyrgyzstani national swimming record, which broke his previous record of 1:00.94 which he set at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[5][6][7]
Petrashov also made the 2024 Olympic team for Kyrgyzstan where he finished seventh in the 200-Meter breaststroke in his semifinal heat, recording a time of 2:10.19.[8][9]
International swimming highlights
Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India.[10] He won two silver medals.[10] in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.[10]
Petrashov was a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.[11]
Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.[12][13]
University of Louisville
Petrashov attended the University of Louisville and competed for the Louisville Cardinals from around 2020-2024 under Head Coach Arthur Albiero. While swimming for Louisville in his first year of competition, Petrashov recorded times of 51.92 and 1:51.89 in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events.[11][14] At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke.[2] He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100 breaststroke, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time.[14] In the 2022-23 season for Louisville, at the NCAA Championships, he placed third in the 100 breast, earning All-American honors with a time of 50.78 to set a new school record.[2]
Major results
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Kyrgyzstan | |||||
| 2015 | World Championships |  Kazan, Russia |
50th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.84[15] |
| 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
38th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.57 |
| Asian Championships[16] |  Tokyo, Japan |
19th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 30.08 | |
| 17th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.28 | |||
| 6th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.45 | |||
| 2017 | 2017 Maccabiah Games[17] |  Jerusalem, Israel |
5th | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.37 |
| 5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.84 | |||
| World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary |
48th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.14 | |
| 32nd (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.43 | |||
| 2018 | Asian Games |  Jakarta, Indonesia |
16th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 28.73 |
| 11th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.12 | |||
| 5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.19 | |||
| Youth Olympic Games |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
7th | 50 m breaststroke | 28.70 | |
| 2nd | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.34 | |||
| 9th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.70 | |||
| 2019 | World Championships |  Gwangju, South Korea |
28th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.94 |
| 24th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.65 | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan |
27th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.23 |
| 28th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.07 | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary[18] |
20th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 27.89[19] |
| 20th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.86 | |||
| 12th (sf) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.00 | |||
