ATAYEV Merdan

8 May 1995
26
Male
Olympic Scholarship
ASHGABAT
 
Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT
 
Turkmenistan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke  
Men's 200m Backstroke  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation100Back
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRAH (56.34)

World Championships
YearLocation50Back100Back
2019Gwangju, KORH (25.84)H (55.34)
2015Kazan, RUSH (26.64)H (57.57)

Asian Games
YearLocation50Back100Back
2018Indonesia8th (25.88)H (56.20)

Asian Championships
YearLocation50Back100Back
2016Tokyo, JPN8th (26.00)8th (55.94)

World Championships Short Course
YearLocation50Back100Back
2018Hangzhou, CHNH (25.30)H (54.29)


Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final
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Athlete
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Coaching - National Institute of Sports and Tourism of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, TKM
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Russian, Turkmen
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Ashgabat School of Supreme Sports Skill [Turkmenistan]
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Sergey Yepifanov [national], TKM
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2014 for Turkmenistan, in Istanbul, Turkey (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014)
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He began swimming in 2005 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014)
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His father took him to a swimming pool. (Athlete, 17 Sep 2014; Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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US swimmer Aaron Peirsol. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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His parents. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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"Citius, altius, fortius." (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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He was Turkmenistan's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ashgabat2017.com, 24 Sep 2017)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Turkmenistan. (turkmenistan.gov.tm, 18 Apr 2021)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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