Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin (Kazakh: 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.[1]
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| Full name | Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1995 Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Vladimir Rybchenko[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBalandin 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 in Incheon, South Korea.[2]
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.[3]
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 in a time of 2:07.67 for the gold medal, jumping him into third in the world rankings.[4][5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8][9]
Recognition
editIn 2016, a new pool was opened and named after Dmitry Balandin at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Alma-Ata.[10]
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 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.[11]
Personal best times
edit| Event | Time | Location | Date | Notes |
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| 50 m breaststroke | 27.24 | Kazan | 4 August 2015 | |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.38 | Kazan | 2 August 2015 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:07.46 | Rio de Janeiro | 10 August 2016 | NR |
References
edit- ^ a b "Dmitriy Balandin". Incheon 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Boring blown out of the water by Kazakhstan's speedy pair". Hong Kong Standard. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Olympic swimming results 2016: Dmitriy Balandin wins men's 200m breaststroke, first swimming medal for Kazakhstan". SB Nation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "China Dominates Third Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Xu, Haijing (23 September 2014). "China sweeps 6 more golds to lead swim tally". GlobalPost. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "China Sets Asian Record in 400 Free Relay to Close Night". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Linden, Julian (24 September 2014). "Hagino and Shen each collect fourth golds at Asiad". Incheon: Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "China Caps Amazing Meet With Four More Golds at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "Kazakhstani swimmer Dmitriy Balandin wins 3 gold medals at Asian Games". Tengri. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ https://baigenews.kz/news/obshchestvo/v_chest_dmitriya_balandina_v_almati_otkrili_bassein_foto/.
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External links
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- Dmitriy Balandin at World Aquatics
- Dmitriy Balandin at Olympedia
- Dmitriy Balandin at Olympics.com
- Dmitriy Balandin at Olympic.kz (in Kazakh)
- Profile – Aquatics Kazakhstan
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