Dmitri Svatkovskiy

Dmitri Svatkovskiy (born 27 November 1971) is a Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic champion and politician.

Dmitri Svatkovskiy
Member of the State Duma for Nizhny Novgorod
In office
9 September 2018 – 12 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1971-11-27) 27 November 1971
Moscow, Soviet Union

Olympics

Svatkovskiy competed for Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won an individual gold medal.[1] He won a team silver medal with the Unified team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]

Svatkovskiy decided to retire from sports after the 2000 Olympics and worked as a modern pentathlon coach for a short while before going to politics. From 2006-10, Svatkovskiy worked as the minister of economics of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and since 2010 has been the deputy governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Since 2006 he has worked as the president of European Modern Pentathlon Federation and is the president of the charitable organization, Five Rings, which provides health and social protection for retired athletes.

He was married to former rhythmic gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Oxana Skaldina, their daughter Daria Svatkovskaya (b. 1996) is also a rhythmic gymnast.[3]

In September 2018, Svatkovsky was elected Member of the State Duma from Nizhny Novgorod constituency at the by-election.[4]

References
  1. "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Modern Pentathlon" Archived 2008-08-26 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 13, 2008)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dmitri Svatkovskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. "Самые известные семьи отечественного спорта". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. Олимпийский чемпион Дмитрий Сватковский стал депутатом Госдумы РФ
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