Denys Dubrov
Denys Vitaliovich Dubrov (Ukrainian: Денис Віталійович Дубров, born 10 January 1989) is a swimmer from Ukraine. A former member of the able-bodied Ukrainian National team, he now competes in Paralympic S10 and SM10 (individual medley) events.[1] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics he won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals, setting worlds record in the Men's SM10 200 m individual medley [2][3] and S10 100m butterfly events.[4] As of April 2017, he still holds the able-bodied Ukrainian National Record in the 200 m individual medley, a time of 2:00.53 which he set in 2009.[5]
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Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 January 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Individual medley, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Invasport: Dnipropetrovsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Svetlana Toloknyanik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career history
Dubrov began swimming as a youth and by 2001 was being coached by Svetlana Toloknyanik at the Invasport club in his home town of Dnipropetrovsk. He won a bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships and represented Ukraine at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, competing in the heats of the 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 200 m individual medley and 4 x 100 m medley relay.[6][7][8][9]
Dubrov came to international attention when he competed at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, where he won three medals, including gold in the SM10 200m individual medley[10]
The following year Dubrov represented Ukraine again, this time at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow. There he entered five events, winning medals in three. He took a bronze as part of the 4 × 100 m medley relay and won individual gold in both the 100 m butterfly and 200 m medley. As well as becoming world champion in two events, he broke the European record in both, with times of 56.43 in the butterfly and 2:11.94 in the individual medley.[11][12]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denys Dubrov. |
- "Denys Dubrov profile". IPC. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- Denys Dubrov. rio2016.com
- "Controversial Denys Dubrov breaks 200 IM World Record in Rio". SwimSwam. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Ukraine's Denys Dubrov breaks another World Record in Rio
- "RECORDS UKRAINE men - Pool 50m" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Swimming Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "13th FINA World Championships 2009 - Men 100m Butterfly". FINA. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "13th FINA World Championships 2009 - Men's 200m Butterfly". FINA. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "13th FINA World Championships 2009 - Men 200m Medley". FINA. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "13th FINA World Championships 2009 - Men 4x100m Relays Medley". FINA. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- "Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final" (PDF). IPC. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- "Results - Men's 100m Butterfly S10 Final". IPC. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- "Results - Men's 200m Individual medley SM10 Final". IPC. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.