KRASNYKH Aleksandr

ROC

Swimming

Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: BUGULMA

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : KAZAN

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay ROC ROC	2

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8th (1:45.91)	H (3:47.39)	5th (7:05.70)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (3:46.65)	2nd (7:01.81)
2017	Budapest, HUN	3rd (1:45.23)	H (3:47.35)	2nd (7:02.68)
2015	Kazan, RUS	7th (1:46.88)	H (3:51.93)	4th (7:06.89)

European Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free	4x200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	H (1:48.32)	H (3:50.77)	1st (7:03.48)	3rd (7:31.54)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	200Free	400Free
2019	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	200m Freestyle	Budapest, HUN	1:46.91
3	2019	400m Freestyle	Budapest, HUN	3:47.85

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	-	5th (3:37.97)	2nd (6:46.84)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	3rd (1:41.95)	2nd (3:35.30)	1st (6:52.10)

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

Nickname:

Sanya (VK profile, 16 May 2021)

Hobbies:

Reading books, listening to music. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sport Studies - Volga Region State Academy of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Kazan, RUS

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Sintez Aquatics Sports Club [Kazan, RUS]

Coach:

Sergey Tarasov [personal], RUS, from 2013; Sergey Kuznetsov [personal], RUS, from 2006

Debut:

2014 for Russian Federation, European Championships in Berlin, Germany (Athlete, 17 Jan 2016)

National team:

2014 (Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Start:

He began swimming at age nine in Bugulma, Russian Federation. (sportbo.ru, 14 May 2015)

Reason:

His father encouraged him to try boxing at first and then decided that swimming would also be a good sport for him. (sportbo.ru, 14 May 2015)

Ambition:

To win gold at the Olympic Games. (realnoevremya.ru, 05 Feb 2020)

Memorable:

Winning his first international medal, a silver in the 200m freestyle at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Poznan, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 May 2021; Athlete, 28 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"The rule of three T's, training, training, training, works throughout your sports career." (realnoevremya.ru, 05 Feb 2020)

Award:

In 2017 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 01 Nov 2017)

General Interest

General
SWIMMING SCHOOL
In 2020 he launched Aleksandr Krasnykh Swimming School in Kazan, Russian Federation. "I tried to combine experience and knowledge of the specifics of the training process, psychology, communication and other components to get an excellent result. We are creating a qualitatively new format for teaching children how to swim." (Aleksandr Krasnykh Swimming School Facebook page, 25 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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