ZHILKIN Andrey

ROC

Swimming

Date of Birth: 9 Mar 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KUALA LUMPUR

Birth Country:

Malaysia

Place of residence : MOSCOW

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	200IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	8th (23.11)	SF (1:58.16)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	200IndMed	4x100Free M
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	H (48.40)	3rd (23.08)	H (DNS)	H (1:59.31)	1st
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (23.18)	-	-	-	H (2:01.54)	1st

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:

Music, collecting sounds from different countries, basketball. (VK profile, 23 Dec 2019; Athlete, 13 Apr 2019; rsport.ria.ru, 23 Apr 2018)

Education:

Coaching - Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, RUS

Languages spoken:

English, Russian

Club name:

Youth of Moscow [Russian Federation]

Coach:

Sergey Zhilkin Sr. [father, personal], RUS

Sporting relatives:

He is coached by his father Sergey Zhilkin Sr. His older brother Sergey Zhilkin Jr. has competed in swimming and won silver in the 4x100m medley relay at the Russian championships in 2013. (teleprogramma.pro, 08 Sep 2018; infosport.ru, 2015)

Start:

He began swimming at age eight in Vietnam and took up the sport seriously at age 11 in Moscow, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 13 Apr 2019)

Reason:

His parents and his older brother were involved in swimming so he was used to being around water since childhood. (Swim Training YouTube channel, 31 Aug 2019)

Memorable:

Winning gold in the 50m butterfly at the 2015 Cup of Russia. (Athlete, 13 Apr 2019)

Influence:

His family. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2020)

Award:

In 2020 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 12 Nov 2020)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2019 he began studying agricultural business management at Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 20 Jan 2020; timacad.ru, 04 Dec 2019)

EARLY YEARS IN ASIA
He spent the first eight years of his life in Malaysia where his father worked as a swimming coach. Between age eight and 11 he lived in Vietnam and then moved to Moscow, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 13 Apr 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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