Deniz Nazar

Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko (also Deniz Nazar, Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Назаренко; born August 19, 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] He is a fifth-place finalist in the 400 m individual medley at the 2002 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Riesa, Germany (4:12.07).[2]

For the Ukrainian footballer, born in 1987, see Dmytro Nazarenko.
Deniz Nazar
Personal information
Full nameDmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko
National team Ukraine
 Turkey
Born (1980-08-19) 19 August 1980
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
ClubFenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (TUR)
CoachOleksandr Yaremenko (UKR)

Nazar made his first Ukrainian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Swimming in heat three of the men's 400 m individual medley, he edged out Slovenia's Marko Milenkovič to take a fifth seed and twenty-eighth overall by a 1.36-second margin in 4:25.26.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nazar placed twenty-sixth overall in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat four on the morning prelims, Nazar saved a seventh spot and twenty-sixth overall against China's Liu Weijia, who finished behind him by less than 0.13 of a second, with a time of 4:26.15.[4][5]

Eight years later, Nazar had approved a nationality transfer by FINA to compete for the Turkish team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, under a new name Deniz Nazar.[6] He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:26.64 from the Croatian Open Championships in Dubrovnik.[7] For his third time in the 400 m individual medley, Nazar challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including two-time Olympians Vasilii Danilov of Kyrgyzstan and Hocine Haciane of Andorra. He touched out Haciane to take a fourth spot by a 1.20-second margin with a time of 4:30.80. Nazar failed to qualify for the final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall on the first night of preliminaries.[8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deniz Nazar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. "Risztov Sets European Record in the 800, Rupprath Wins Two at Euro Champs". Swimming World Magazine. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 316. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Men's 400 IM Prelims: Phelps Cruises to 4:13.29 and Lane 4 for Final. Vendt Qualifies Sixth". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ""Yeni Türkler" Pekin"de madalya arayacak" ["New Turks" at Beijing in the search for medals] (in Turkish). Radikal. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  7. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 43. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. "Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.


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