Dmitriy Balandin

Dmitriy Balandin

Balandin in 2016
Personal information
Full name Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin
National team  Kazakhstan
Born (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Coach Vladimir Rybchenko[1]
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m breaststroke
Asian Games
2014 Incheon 50 m breaststroke
2014 Incheon 100 m breaststroke
2014 Incheon 200 m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju 100 m breaststroke
2015 Gwangju 50 m breaststroke
Balandin on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan

Dmitriy Igorevich Balandin (Kazakh: Дмитрий Игоревич Баландин; born 4 April 1995) is a 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]

Career

Balandin 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]

Personal best times

Long course

Event Time Location Date Notes
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

  1. 1 2 "Dmitriy Balandin". Incheon 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Boring blown out of the water by Kazakhstan's speedy pair". Hong Kong Standard. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Olympic swimming results 2016: Dmitriy Balandin wins men's 200m breaststroke, first swimming medal for Kazakhstan". SB Nation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "China Dominates Third Night of Swimming at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "China Sets Asian Record in 400 Free Relay to Close Night". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Linden, Julian (24 September 2014). "Hagino and Shen each collect fourth golds at Asiad". Incheon: Reuters. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "China Caps Amazing Meet With Four More Golds at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Kazakhstani swimmer Dmitriy Balandin wins 3 gold medals at Asian Games". Tengri. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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