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Denis Petrashov

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.

Denis Petrashov
Personal information
Native name
Денис Евгеньевич Петрашов
Full nameDenis Evgenyevich Petrashov
National team Kyrgyzstan
Born (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 26)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamLouisville Cardinals
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place2025 Singapore100 m breaststroke
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Rhine-Ruhr100 m breaststroke
Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos Aires100 m breaststroke
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2021 Konya50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2021 Konya200 m breaststroke
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Israel100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2022 Israel200 m breaststroke

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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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

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kyrgyzstan
2015 World Championships Russia Kazan, Russia 50th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:22.84[15]
2016 Olympic Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 38th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:16.57
Asian Championships[16] Japan Tokyo, Japan 19th (h) 50 m breaststroke 30.08
17th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:04.28
6th 200 m breaststroke 2:17.45
2017 2017 Maccabiah Games[17] Israel Jerusalem, Israel 5th 100 m breaststroke 1:03.37
5th 200 m breaststroke 2:18.84
World Championships Hungary Budapest, Hungary 48th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:03.14
32nd (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:18.43
2018 Asian Games Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 16th (h) 50 m breaststroke 28.73
11th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:02.12
5th 200 m breaststroke 2:12.19
Youth Olympic Games Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 7th 50 m breaststroke 28.70
2nd 100 m breaststroke 1:01.34
9th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:16.70
2019 World Championships South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 28th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:00.94
24th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:11.65
2021 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo, Japan 27th (h) 100 m breaststroke 1:00.23
28th (h) 200 m breaststroke 2:10.07
2022 World Championships Hungary 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

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References

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  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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