Denys Sylantyev

Denys Olegovich Sylantyev (Ukrainian: Денис Олегович Силантьєв; born 3 October 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and retired swimmer. He competed at four consecutive Olympics between 1996 and 2008 and who won a silver medal in the 200 m butterfly in 2000. At the next Olympics he was the flag bearer for Ukraine.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Sylantyev.

Denys Sylantyev

Denys Sylantyev in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Denys Olegovich Sylantyev
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	(1976-10-03) 3 October 1976 Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Club	Spartak, Zaporozhye Spartak Kyiv
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships (LC) 1 0 0 World Championships (SC) 0 1 2 European Championships (LC) 1 5 2 European Championships (SC) 1 2 4 Universiade 2 0 0 Total 5 9 8 Men's swimming Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 200 m butterfly World Championships (LC) 1998 Perth 200 m butterfly World Championships (SC) 1997 Gothenburg 200 m butterfly 1999 Hong Kong 200 m butterfly 2000 Athens 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 200 m butterfly 1995 Vienna 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 200 m butterfly 1999 Istanbul 100 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m freestyle 1998 Sheffield 200 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 200 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 100 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 100 m butterfly 1999 Lisbon 200 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 4×50 m freestyle Universiade 1997 Catania 100 m butterfly 1997 Catania 200 m butterfly

Denys Sylantyev
People's Deputy of Ukraine
8th convocation
In office November 27, 2014 – July 29, 2019
Constituency	Radical Party, No.12[1]

He won the Mare Nostrum circuit three times: 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 1998 he was named European Swimmer of the Year.

Sylantyev retired from competitions shortly after the 2008 Olympics and focused on politics and development of sport in Ukraine. In the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Sylantyev was as a candidate (placed 8th on the party list) of Radical Party was elected into the Ukrainian parliament.[2] In the 2019 election he was placed 15th on the election list.[3] But Radical Party lost all its parliamentary seats in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, because it gained about 1% to little to clear the 5% election threshold and also did not win an electoral district seat.[4]

References

1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
2. "Ukraine's Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko: Facts and Details". Sputnik. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
3. https://m.glavcom.ua/country/politics/kogo-lyashko-vede-na-vibori-do-verhovnoji-radi-polovinu-frakciji-ta-nardepa-vid-narodnogo-frontu-600652.html
4. CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
   (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)

External links

• Personal website
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denys Sylantiev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

Awards
Preceded by Emiliano Brembilla	Swimming World's European Swimmer of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Pieter van den Hoogenband
Sporting positions
Preceded by Unknown	Mare Nostrum Series Overall Winner 2000 – 2002	Succeeded by Martina Moravcová