Neutral Independent Athletes at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Neutral Athletes at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Neutral Athletes at the; 2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics code	NAA; NAB
National federation	World Aquatics
in Singapore ; 11 July 2025 – 3 August 2025
Competitors	76 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold1Silver1Bronze0Total2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973 ; 1975 ; 1978 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1991 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2001 ; 2003 ; 2005 ; 2007 ; 2009 ; 2011 ; 2013 ; 2015 ; 2017 ; 2019 ; 2022 ; 2023 ; 2024 ; 2025 ;

Last updated July 21, 2025

Neutral Athletes competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, from July 11 to August 3, 2025. Unlike the past the edition, oficially athletes from Belarus compited as independent federation under the name "Neutral Athlete A" and athletes from Russia compited as "Neutral Athlete B".

Athletes by discipline

The following is the number of competitors who will participate at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men		Women		Total
Sport	Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Russia	Total
Artistic swimming	0	1	11	13	25
Diving	0	6	0	6	12
Open water swimming	0	3	0	4	7
Swimming	2	15	3	10	30
Total	2	25	14	33	74

Medalists

Neutral Athlete A

Medal	Name	From	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Vasilina Khandoshka	Belarus	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical routine	19 July 2025

Neutral Athlete B

Medal	Name	From	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	19 July 2025

Artistic swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Solo technical routine	251.7133
Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Solo free routine

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vasilina Khandoshka	Belarus	Solo technical	254.8200	2 Q	260.5416
Vasilina Khandoshka		Solo free routine
Daria Fedaruk Vasilina Khandoshka		Duet technical routine	262.8175	12 Q
Daria Fedaruk Vasilina Khandoshka		Duet free routine
Tatiana Gayday	Russia	Solo technical	246.0517	7 Q	228.5625	12
Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Duet technical routine	297.0033	3 Q
Mayya Doroshko Tatiana Gayday		Duet free routine

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anastasiya Bernat (F, A) Anastasiya Dabravolskaya Volha Dzemidovich Marharyta Kiryliuk Varvara Kulba (T) Kseniya Kuliashova Aliaksandra Mironchyk Valeryia Shymanskaya Yana Tratseuskaya	Belarus	Team technical routine	255.7183	7 Q
		Team free routine	271.5473	7 Q	274.9779	8
		Team acrobatic routine
Mayya Gurbanberdieva Aleksandr Maltsev	Russia	Duet technical routine	—
Aleksandr Maltsev Olesia Platonova		Duet free routine	—
Anna Andrianova Anastasiia Bakhtyreva Daria Geloshvili Ekaterina Kossova Elizaveta Minaeva Evelina Simonova Elizaveta Smirnova Agniia Tulupova		Team technical routine	295.4633	2 Q
		Team acrobatic routine

Diving

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gennadii Fokin	Russia	1 m springboard			—
Egor Lapin		1 m springboard			—
Ilia Molchanov		3 m springboard
Nikita Shleikher		3 m springboard
Gennadii Fokin Ilia Molchanov		3 m synchronized springboard	—
Nikita Shleikher		10 m platform
Ruslan Ternovoi		10 m platform
Nikita Shleikher Ruslan Ternovoi		10 m synchronized platform	—

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Viktoriia Frolova	Russia	1 m springboard			—
Kristina Ilinykh		1 m springboard			—
Kristina Ilinykh		3 m springboard
Elizaveta Kuzina		3 m springboard
Kristina Ilinykh Elizaveta Kuzina		3 m synchronized springboard	—
Ekaterina Beliaeva		10 m platform
Yulia Timoshinina		10 m platform
Aleksandra Kedrina Anna Konanykhina		10 m synchronized platform	—

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank
	Russia	3 m synchronized springboard
		10 m synchronized platform
Aleksandr Bondar Anna Konanykhina Elizaveta Kuzina Ilia Molchanov		Team event

Open water swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Adeev	Russia	5 km	—				57:37.2	5
Denis Adeev		10 km	—				2:00:35.8	6
Savelii Luzin		3 km knockout sprints	17:11.1	14	Did not advance
Savelii Luzin		5 km	—				1:01:04.9	29
Vladislav Utrobin		3 km knockout sprints	17:11.5	10 Q	11:34.3	15	Did not advance
Vladislav Utrobin		10 km	—				2:09:27.7	35

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margarita Ershova	Russia	3 km knockout sprints	18:15.10	9 Q	12:10.9	6 Q	6:26.9	8
Margarita Ershova		10 km	—				Did not finish
Polina Koziakina		5 km	—				1:05:24.0	24
Kseniia Misharina		3 km knockout sprints	18:33.3	1 Q	12:11.1	7 Q	6:30.3	10
Ekaterina Sorokina		5 km	—				1:04:09.7	14
Ekaterina Sorokina		10 km	—				2:09:39.8	11

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank
Margarita Ershova Kseniia Misharina Savelii Luzin Denis Adeev	Russia	Team relay	1:10:24.0	6

Swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kliment Kolesnikov	Russia	50 m freestyle
Egor Kornev		50 m freestyle
Egor Kornev		100 m freestyle
Andrei Minakov		100 m freestyle
Kliment Kolesnikov		50 m backstroke
Pavel Samusenko		50 m backstroke
Kliment Kolesnikov		100 m backstroke
Miron Lifintsev		100 m backstroke
Dmitrii Savenko		200 m backstroke
Ivan Kozhakin		50 m breaststroke
Kirill Prigoda
Ilya Shymanovich	Belarus
Ilya Shymanovich	Belarus	100 m breaststroke
Danil Semianinov	Russia	100 m breaststroke
Kirill Prigoda
Kirill Prigoda		200 m breaststroke
Alexander Zhigalov		200 m breaststroke
Egor Iurchenko		50 m butterfly
Oleg Kostin
Grigori Pekarski	Belarus
Grigori Pekarski	Belarus	100 m butterfly
Andrei Minakov	Russia	100 m butterfly
Mikhail Antipov
Ilia Borodin		200 m individual medley
Ilia Borodin		400 m individual medley			—
Maxim Stupin		400 m individual medley			—
		4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
		4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
		4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandra Kuznetsova	Russia	50 m freestyle
Arina Surkova		50 m freestyle
Daria Klepikova		100 m freestyle
Daria Trofimova		100 m freestyle
Sofia Diakova		400 m freestyle			—
Sofia Diakova		800 m freestyle			—
Kseniia Misharina		800 m freestyle			—
Kseniia Misharina		1500 m freestyle			—
Alina Gaifutdinova		50 m backstroke
Alina Gaifutdinova		100 m backstroke
Anastasiya Shkurdai	Belarus	100 m backstroke
Anastasiya Shkurdai	Belarus	200 m backstroke
Milana Stepanova	Russia
Daria Zarubenkova	Russia
Alina Zmushka	Belarus	50 m breaststroke
		100 m breaststroke
		200 m breaststroke
Evgeniia Chikunova	Russia	50 m breaststroke
		100 m breaststroke
		200 m breaststroke
Mariia Osetrova		50 m butterfly
Arina Surkova
Anastasiya Kuliashova	Belarus
Anastasiya Kuliashova	Belarus	100 m butterfly
Daria Klepikova	Russia	100 m butterfly
		4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
		4 × 200 m freestyle relay			—
		4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
		4 × 100 m freestyle relay
		4 × 100 m medley relay

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Neutral Athletes at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics code	NAA NAB
National federation	World Aquatics
in Singapore 11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) – 3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)
Competitors	76 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025