Denis Petrashov

Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyzstani competitive swimmer. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.

Denis Petrashov
Personal information
Native nameДенис Евгеньевич•Петрашов
Full nameDenis Evgenyevich Petrashov
National team Kyrgyzstan
Born (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamLouisville Cardinals
Medal record
Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m breaststroke
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Israel 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2022 Israel 200 m breaststroke

Biography

Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[2] His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.[3][4]

He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India.[7] He won two silver medals.[7] in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.[7]

He is also a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.[8] Petrashov currently holds national record Kyrgyz records (breaststroke long course).

Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.[9][10]

Attending the University of Louisville and competing for the Louisville Cardinals, in 2022 Petrashov swam 51.92/1:51.89.[8][11] At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke.[2] He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time.[11]

Major results
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kyrgyzstan
2015 World Championships Russia Kazan, Russia 50th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:22.84[12]
2016 Olympic Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 38th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:16.57
Asian Championships[13] Japan Tokyo, Japan 19th (h) 50 m breaststroke 30.08
17th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:04.28
6th 200 m breaststroke 2:17.45
2017 2017 Maccabiah Games[14] Israel Jerusalem, Israel 5th 100 m breaststroke 1:03.37
5th 200 m breaststroke 2:18.84
World Championships Hungary Budapest, Hungary 48th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:03.14
32nd (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:18.43
2018 Asian Games Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 16th (h) 50 m breaststroke 28.73
11th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:02.12
5th 200 m breaststroke 2:12.19
Youth Olympic Games Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th 50 m breaststroke 28.70
2nd 100 m breaststroke 1:01.34
9th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:16.70
2019 World Championships South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 28th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:00.94
24th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:11.65
2021 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo, Japan 27th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:00.23
28th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:10.07
2022 World Championships Hungary Budapest, Hungary[15] 20th (h) 50 m breaststroke 27.89[16]
20th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:00.86
12th (sf) 200 m breaststroke 2:11.00

See also

References
  1. "Denis Petrashov - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport.
  2. "Denis Petrashov - Swimming & Diving". University of Louisville Athletics.
  3. "Denis Petrashov". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. "Olympedia – Denis Petrashov". www.olympedia.org.
  5. Pelshaw, Anya (26 July 2022). "Multiple Israeli National Record Holders Highlight 21st Maccabiah Games". SwimSwam.
  6. "Denis Petrashov". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov is a champion of Asia". m.akipress.com.
  8. Penland, Spencer (22 December 2021). "59.8/2:10 LCM Breaststroker Denis Petrashov Joining Louisville for Spring 2022". SwimSwam.
  9. Mokrenko, Anastasia (18 July 2022). "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov wins gold medal at Maccabiah Games -". 24.kg.
  10. Mokrenko, Anastasia (20 July 2022). "Swimmer Denis Petrashov wins another gold medal at Maccabiah Games". 24.kg. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. Gibbs, Robert (22 August 2022). "College Previews: #12 Louisville Men Retooling in Quest to Return to Top 10". SwimSwam.
  12. Simon Barclay (2016). 16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index
  13. "All Results 2016 Asian Swimming Championships" (PDF). swim.seiko.co.jp. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  14. "20th Maccabiah Games 2017 Swimming Results". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  15. "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) Results Book" (PDF). pp. 14, 64, 135. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. Race, Retta (20 June 2022). "Budapest 2022, Day 3 Asia Recap: S. Korea Wins First LC Worlds Medal Since 2011". SwimSwam.
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