Deniz Nazar

For the Ukrainian footballer, born in 1987, see Dmytro Nazarenko.
Deniz Nazar
Personal information
Full name Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko
Nationality  Ukraine
 Turkey
Born 19 August 1980
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
Club Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
Coach Oleksandr Yaremenko (UKR)

Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko (also Deniz Nazar, Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Назаренко; born August 19, 1980 in Rivne, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He is a fifth-place finalist in the 400 m individual medley at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany (4:12.07).[2]

Nazar made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat three, he edged out Slovenia's Marko Milenkovič to take a fifth seed and twenty-eighth overall by a 1.36-second margin in 4:25.26.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nazar placed twenty-sixth overall in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four on the morning's preliminaries, Nazar saved a seventh spot and twenty-sixth overall against China's Liu Weijia, who finished behind him by less than 0.13 of a second, with a time of 4:26.15.[4][5]

Eight years later, Nazar accepted a nationality transfer by FINA to play for the Turkish team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, under a new name Deniz Nazar.[6] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:26.64 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[7] For his third time in the 400 m individual medley, Nazar challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including two-time Olympians Vasilii Danilov of Kyrgyzstan and Hocine Haciane of Andorra. He touched out Haciane to take a fourth spot by a 1.20-second margin with a time of 4:30.80. Nazar failed to qualify for the final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Deniz Nazar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Risztov Sets European Record in the 800, Rupprath Wins Two at Euro Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 13 December 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Men's 400 IM Prelims: Phelps Cruises to 4:13.29 and Lane 4 for Final. Vendt Qualifies Sixth". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ↑ ""Yeni Türkler" Pekin"de madalya arayacak" ["New Turks" at Beijing in the search for medals] (in Turkish). Radikal. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 43. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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