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 nameДенис 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 Kyrgystan, 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

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  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.
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  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.