Denis Petrashov

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Denis Petrashov
Denis Petrashov 5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Swimming Men 50 m breaststroke Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg
Personal information
Native name
Денис Евгеньевич Петрашов
Full nameDenis Evgenyevich Petrashov
National teamFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Born (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 25)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan [1]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
College team Louisville Cardinals
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Singapore 100 m breaststroke
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Rhine-Ruhr 100 m breaststroke
Youth Olympics
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m breaststroke
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Konya 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Konya 200 m breaststroke
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Israel 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Israel 200 m breaststroke

Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer who swam for the University of Louisville and was a three-time Olympic participant. 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 Kyrgyz national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He made the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh. 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 both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.

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Early life

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

Three-time Olympian, 2016-2024

Representing Kyrgyzstan, he competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio where he finished 38th with a time of 2:16.57.

At the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in both the Men's 100-meter breaststroke, where he swam a 1:00.23, finishing 27th overall, and setting a Kyrgyzstani national record, and in the 200-meter breaststroke where he finished 18th overall with a time of 2:10.07. As noted previously, his 200-meter time was a Kyrgyzstani national swimming record, which broke his previous record of 1:00.94 which he set at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. [5] [6] [7]

Petrashov also made the 2024 Olympic team for Kyrgyzstan where he finished seventh in the 200-Meter breaststroke in his semifinal heat, recording a time of 2:10.19. [8] [9]

International swimming highlights

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

Petrashov was a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist. [11]

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. [12] [13]

University of Louisville

Petrashov attended the University of Louisville and competed for the Louisville Cardinals from around 2020-2024 under Head Coach Arthur Albiero. While swimming for Louisville in his first year of competition, Petrashov recorded times of 51.92 and 1:51.89 in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. [11] [14] 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 breaststroke, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time. [14] In the 2022-23 season for Louisville, at the NCAA Championships, he placed third in the 100 breast, earning All-American honors with a time of 50.78 to set a new school record. [2]

Major results

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
2015 World Championships Flag of Russia.svg Kazan, Russia 50th (h)200 m breaststroke 2:22.84 [15]
2016 Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 38th (h)200 m breaststroke 2:16.57
Asian Championships [16] Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan 19th (h)50 m breaststroke30.08
17th (h)100 m breaststroke1:04.28
6th200 m breaststroke2:17.45
2017 2017 Maccabiah Games [17] Flag of Israel.svg Jerusalem, Israel 5th100 m breaststroke1:03.37
5th200 m breaststroke2:18.84
World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary 48th (h)100 m breaststroke 1:03.14
32nd (h)200 m breaststroke 2:18.43
2018 Asian Games Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia 16th (h)50 m breaststroke 28.73
11th (h)100 m breaststroke 1:02.12
5th200 m breaststroke 2:12.19
Youth Olympic Games Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th50 m breaststroke 28.70
2nd100 m breaststroke 1:01.34
9th (h)200 m breaststroke 2:16.70
2019 World Championships Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju, South Korea 28th (h)100 m breaststroke 1:00.94
24th (h)200 m breaststroke 2:11.65
2021 Olympic Games Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan 27th (h)100 m breaststroke 1:00.23
28th (h)200 m breaststroke 2:10.07
2022 World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary [18] 20th (h)50 m breaststroke 27.89 [19]
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. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "AkiPress, July 21, 2021, A member of the Kyrgyz national swimming team Denis Petrashov set a new record". www.vb.kg. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Pelshaw, Anya (26 July 2022). "Multiple Israeli National Record Holders Highlight 21st Maccabiah Games". SwimSwam.
  7. ↑ "Denis Petrashov". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Gercack, Sam, University of Louisville, July 26, 2024, Cardinals Well Represented at 2024 Paris Olympics". gocards.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "University of Louisville, Worley, Nancy, July 30, 2024, Petrashov and Barna swim in Semi-finals at Paris Olympics". gocards.com. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov is a champion of Asia". m.akipress.com.
  11. 1 2 Penland, Spencer (22 December 2021). "59.8/2:10 LCM Breaststroker Denis Petrashov Joining Louisville for Spring 2022". SwimSwam.
  12. ↑ Mokrenko, Anastasia (18 July 2022). "Kyrgyz swimmer Denis Petrashov wins gold medal at Maccabiah Games -". 24.kg.
  13. ↑ Mokrenko, Anastasia (20 July 2022). "Swimmer Denis Petrashov wins another gold medal at Maccabiah Games". 24.kg. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  14. 1 2 Gibbs, Robert (22 August 2022). "College Previews: #12 Louisville Men Retooling in Quest to Return to Top 10". SwimSwam.
  15. ↑ Simon Barclay (2016). 16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index
  16. ↑ "All Results 2016 Asian Swimming Championships" (PDF). swim.seiko.co.jp. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "20th Maccabiah Games 2017 Swimming Results" . Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) Results Book" (PDF). pp. 14, 64, 135. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  19. ↑ 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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