DRUZHININ Ilia

ROC

Swimming

Date of Birth: 23 Apr 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: VOLGOGRAD

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : VOLGOGRAD

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 800m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 800m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1500Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (14:59.56)

World Championships

Year	Location	800Free	1500Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (7:54.07)	H (15:07.93)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (8:00.27)	H (15:03.05)

European Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	H (8:03.01)	H (15:16.47)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (3:54.40)	H (7:57.54)	H (15:06.43)

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

Hobbies:

Reading books, playing computer games, watching movies, listening to music. (Athlete, 15 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Sport Studies - Volgograd State Academy of Physical Education, Russian Federation

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Ugra Centre of Sports Preparation [Surgut, RUS]

Coach:

Tatiana Mankevich [personal], RUS

Other sports:

He has competed in open water swimming and won bronze in the 5km event at the 2019 Russian national championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 May 2021; Athlete, 15 Sep 2020; ugra-aquatics.ru, 16 Aug 2020)

Start:

He began swimming at age seven in Volgograd, Russian Federation. (vpsfund.org, 24 Apr 2016)

Reason:

"My parents took me to a swimming coach, so that I could learn how to swim. At the time, I didn't even think about professional swimming but the coach told my mother that he saw my potential and offered to continue training me in swimming." (vpsfund.org, 24 Apr 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 14 Apr 2019)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 14 Apr 2019)

Influence:

Coach Tatiana Mankevich. (vpsfund.org, 24 Apr 2016)

Award:

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (russwimming.ru, 09 Apr 2021)

General Interest

General
COVID-19 STRUGGLE
He qualified for the Russian Federation team at the 2021 Russian national championships in Kazan despite being affected physically and mentally by COVID-19 for a six-month period from September 2020 to March 2021. "The pandemic violated all my plans. Physically and mentally, I was ready to compete at the Games in the summer of 2020 and then everything broke off. My health problems started in September and there was a strong emotional decline. For six months I was as sick as I have been during the whole of the last five years. In the last months before the Russian championships, I couldn't reach the level that would allow me to qualify for the Olympics and, due to the fact that I wasn't doing well in training, I began to lose heart. I doubted myself a lot, but my close friends and relatives encouraged me. It was difficult emotionally to get myself together, but it worked out." (ugra-news.ru, 19 Apr 2021; Instagram profile, 15 Apr 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/druzhban_
VK Profile: http://vk.com/id49109079

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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