Danila Izotov
 2018 Russian National Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Danila Sergeyevich Izotov |
| Nickname | Dan |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 2 October 1991 Novouralsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | freestyle |
| Club | Dinamo |
Medal record | |
Danila Sergeevich Izotov (Russian: Данила Сергеевич Изотов; born 2 October 1991) is a Russian swimmer, a member of the Russian National team since 2008, and a multiple medalist at the Olympic Games and World Championships, as well as a European champion. He is coached by his father, Sergey Alexandrovich Izotov. He is the nephew of soviet swimmer Elvira Vasilkova.
Career[edit]
Izotov made his debut in the Russian national team at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, where he won four gold medals – 100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle and 4×100 mixed relay.
Izotov won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay together with Alexander Sukhorukov, Yevgeny Lagunov and Nikita Lobintsev. That year, he also won the men's 200 m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships.[1]
In 2009, he set a world record in the 4 × 100 m medley in short swimming pools of 3:19.16 in St. Petersburg.[1] At the 2009 World Championships in Rome he was the only Russian individual medalist – a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. Besides he swam the third laps in the finals of 4×100 and 4 × 200 m relay races; the Russians won the silver medal in both events, setting national records and an area record in the case of the 4 × 200 m relay.[1] That year, he also set the Russian record in the short course 200 m freestyle while winning a silver at the European Short Course Championships, alongside another silver in the 100 m.[1]
In 2010, he was part of the Russian team that set the world record in the short course men's 4 × 200 m freestyle, while winning the World title, along with (Lobinstsev, Lagunov and Sukhorukov).[1][2] At the World Championships, he also won a silver in the 4 × 100 m freestyle and an individual silver medal in the 200 m freestyle.[1] At the European Championship, the Russian teams won gold in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle relays.[1] That year, he was also part of the 4 x 50 metre freestyle team and the 4 x 50 metre medley relay that won European short course bronze, alongside individual gold medals in the 100 and 200 m freestyle.[1]
At the 2012 London Olympics, Izotov along with teammates (Andrey Grechin, Nikita Lobintsev, Vladimir Morozov) won Russia the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle.
At the 2013 World Championships, he again won an individual bronze in the 200 m freestyle, while helping Russia win silver in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1] He also won gold in the 200 m freestyle at the European Short Course Championships, along with a silver in the 100 m.[1]
In 2014, Izotov was part of the Russian 4 × 100 m freestyle team that won silver at the World Short Course Swimming Championships, along with individual silver in the men's 200 m freestyle and a bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle.[1]
He won another team silver at the 2015 World Championship, in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1] In 2017, there was another World Championship silver, this time in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, along with a bronze in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay.[1]
He competed in the 2016 Olympics, in the Russian teams that finished in 4th in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 5th in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[3]
At the 2018 European Championships, he won one medal of each colour, gold in men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, silver in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, and bronze in the mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1]
Education[edit]
Izotov is a student of the Institute of Physical Culture Archived 5 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) Yekaterinburg.
Awards and titles[edit]
Honoured Master of Sports of Russian Federation.
The medal of order for the merits before the motherland of the 2nd degree – for the valuable contribution in the development of physical culture and sport, high sports achievements on the XXIX Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing (2009).
Notes[edit]
1. The decree of the President of Russian Federation from 2 August 2009 N885 " about state awarding of Russian Federation
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Danila IZOTOV | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Competition Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Dan Izotov". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
External links[edit]
- Danila Izotov at World Aquatics
- Danila Izotov at Swimrankings.net
- Danila Izotov at russwimming.ru (in Russian)
- Danila Izotov at Olympics.com
- Danila Izotov at the-sports.org
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Novouralsk
- Russian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World record holders in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast
- 21st-century Russian people