TOPKIN Matz

Date of Birth: 17 Apr 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S4

Place of birth: TALLINN

Birth Country:

Estonia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle - S4
	Men's 50m Backstroke - S4	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S4 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Backstroke - S4 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Backstroke - S4 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	50m Backstroke - S4	2019	London, GBR	44.57
5	50m Backstroke - S5	2017	Mexico City, MEX	44.14
5	50m Butterfly - S5	2017	Mexico City, MEX	47.05
8	50m Freestyle - S4	2019	London, GBR	42.57
8	50m Freestyle - S5	2017	Mexico City, MEX	43.15
10	100m Freestyle - S4	2019	London, GBR	1:39.21
European Championships
2	50m Backstroke - S4	2018	Dublin, IRL	45.46
3	50m Backstroke - S4	2020	Funchal, POR	45.74
8	50m Freestyle - S4	2018	Dublin, IRL	43.80
9	50m Freestyle - S4	2020	Funchal, POR	45.02
9	50m Butterfly - S5	2020	Funchal, POR	44.21

Watching football, singing, playing video games. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019; sport.delfi.ee, 30 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Health Promotion - Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia

Languages spoken:

SK Meduus [Tallinn, EST]

Kaire Indrikson [personal], EST, from 2019

2013 for Estonia (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)

He was troubled by a back problem at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (Athlete blog, 30 Dec 2019)

He first went swimming with his mother a few weeks after he was born. He began training in 2010. (ekspress.delfi.ee, 11 Sep 2018)

His mother encouraged him to get involved in the sport. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018, 30 Nov 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (televeeb.ohtuleht.ee, 12 Jan 2020; sport.delfi.ee, 30 Sep 2020)

He trains between five and 14 times a week in the water. (proswim.ee, 23 Apr 2019)

Winning silver in the S4 50m backstroke at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Estonian Para swimmer Kardo Ploomipuu. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)

Coaches Onne Pollisinski and Karie Indrikson. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

In 2019 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Estonian Paralympic Committee. (Instagram profile, 13 Dec 2019)

Alongside fellow Para athlete Marja-Liisa Landar, he was named Athlete of the Year at the 2018 EV 100 Sports Stars of the Year gala in Estonia. (sport.err.ee, 27 Dec 2018)

General Interest

Classification
S4, SB4, SM4 (IPC, 08 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 30 Nov 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
He was born with a form of dysmelia. He was diagnosed with right hand aplasia, and hypoplasia that affected his left hand and his right foot. (ekspress.delfi.ee, 11 Sep 2018; tallin.ee, 16 Feb 2016; merje.planet.ee, 01 Mar 2005)

General
NO PLACE TO TRAIN
He hopes there will be an improvement in the facilities available to athletes in Estonia in order for swimmers there to reach their full potential. "Important races take place in the long pool, but in Estonia there is no 50m pool. There is an urgent need for a swimming pool in Estonia, not for tourists, but for training." (ekspress.delfi.ee, 11 Sep 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2020 he was elected as the Para sport athlete representative for the Estonian Olympic Committee Athletics Commission. "The goal is to represent the interests of Para sport, to keep it in the picture and to offer opportunities for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Estonian sport." (paralympic.ee, 29 May 2020)

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Legend

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

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