Kirill Strelnikov
Personal information
National teamRussia Russia
Born (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992[1][2]
Volgograd, Russia[1]
Height2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (SC) 1 0 0
European Championships (SC) 0 0 1
Swimming World Cup 0 0 2
World University Games 1 0 0
Total 2 0 3
Representing Russian Swimming Federation
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
Representing  Russia
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 4×50 m mixed medley
Swimming World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 50 m breaststroke
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley

Kirill Strelnikov (born 29 May 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. He won a gold medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2013 World University Games, swimming the breaststroke leg of both relays in the final. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships he won a bronze medal in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in the preliminaries.

Background

Strelnikov was born on 29 May 1992 in Volgograd, Russia and started competitive swimming in 1999.[1][2] To complement his in-the-pool regimen, he has worked at the Laboratory of Sports Adaptology, in Moscow, as a specialist.[2]

Career

2012–2013: International debut

2012 European Aquatics Championships

At the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary in May, Strelnikov placed fifth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:01.12, finishing 0.19 seconds behind the bronze medalist in the event Mattia Pesce of Italy.[3] In the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke three days later, he placed 14th with a time of 28.25 seconds.[4] Two days later, he split a 1:00.17 in the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay to place fifth with finals relay teammates Vitaly Borisov (backstroke), Nikita Konovalov (butterfly), and Vitaly Syrnikov (freestyle).[5]

2013 World University Games

2013 World University Games
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:34.27

On the second day of the 2013 World University Games, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan in mid-July, Strelnikov placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:00.48 that was 0.12 seconds slower than the bronze medalist Edoardo Giorgetti of Italy.[6] Five days later, he won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, swimming a 1:00.06 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to contribute to the winning time of 3:34.27 with finals relay teammates Vladimir Morozov (backstroke), Evgenii Koptelov (butterfly), and Andrey Grechin (freestyle).[6][7]

2013 World Aquatics Championships

For his first event of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain in late July, Strelnikov swam a personal best time of 59.80 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre breaststroke, advancing to the semifinals ranking second behind Christian Sprenger of Australia.[8] In the semifinals later in the day, he ranked ninth with a time of 59.94 seconds, which was just 0.02 seconds behind the slowest qualifier for the final and eighth-ranked swimmer, Kosuke Kitajima of Japan.[9] Two days later, he qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke ranking fifth with a 27.36 in the prelims heats.[10] He posted a time of 27.75 seconds in the semifinals, ranking 13th and not advancing to the final of the event.[11] On the final day of competition five days later, Strelnikov split a 59.84 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims heats, helping qualify the relay to the final tied in rank for second with prelims relay teammates Vladimir Morozov (backstroke), Nikolay Skvortsov (butterfly), and Nikita Lobintsev (freestyle).[12] For the final, Yevgeny Korotyshkin substituted in for Nikolay Skvortsov, Andrey Grechin substituted in for Nikita Lobintsev, Strelnikov split a 59.24 for the 100 metre breaststroke portion, and the relay placed fourth in a time of 3:32.74.[13]

2013 Swimming World Cup

2013 Swimming World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 50 m breaststroke 27.20

At the 2013 Swimming World Cup stop in Moscow, and conducted in short course metres, Strelnikov swam a 27.62 in the prelims heats of the 50 metre breaststroke, qualifying for the final ranking eighth.[14] In the evening final, he won the bronze medal with a time of 27.20 seconds, finishing 1.37 seconds behind gold medalist in the event Roland Schoeman of South Africa.[15] The following day, he placed 20th in the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1:01.35 and did not advance to the final.[16]

2021: Return after 8 year hiatus from international championships

In the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2021 Russia National Championships in April, also serving as the Russian Olympic Trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Strelnikov won the gold medal with a personal best time of 26.78 seconds, however he did not qualify to compete at the Olympic Games as the event was not offered as part of the Olympic program for the year.[17] The time of 26.78 seconds ranked him as the fourth-fastest performer in the event for the entire 2021 year, 0.57 seconds behind first-ranked Adam Peaty of Great Britain, 0.39 seconds behind second-ranked Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy, 0.32 behind third-ranked Ilya Shymanovich of Belarus, and 0.02 seconds ahead of fifth-ranked Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands.[18]

2021 International Swimming League

For the 2021 International Swimming League regular season, conducted in short course metres in August and September, Strelnikov was a part of the roster for Team Iron.[19] In the seventh match of the regular season, he took second-place in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 26.31 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds behind first-place finisher Nic Fink of the Cali Condors.[20] On the second day of the match, he placed fifth in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 58.40.[21] In the eleventh match, he tied Alessandro Pinzuti of Tokyo Frog Kings with a 26.20 in the 50 metre breaststroke for second-place, both finished 0.19 seconds behind Yasuhiro Koseki of the Tokyo Frog Kings.[22]

2021 Swimming World Cup

2021 Swimming World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 50 m breaststroke 26.12

At the Kazan stop of the 2021 Swimming World Cup in October, Strelnikov started competition on day one with a ninth-place finish in the 100 metre breaststroke, swimming a 58.43 in the preliminary heats.[23] For his second and final event he competed in the 50 metre breaststroke, ranking fifth in the prelims heats with a 26.37 and qualifying for the final later in the day.[24] In the final he won the bronze medal with a time of 26.12 seconds, finishing within three-tenths of a second of gold medalist Fabian Schwingenschlögl of Germany and silver medalist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands.[25][26][27]

2021 European Short Course Championships

2021 European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 4×50 m mixed medley 1:36.42 (h)

On the second day of the 2021 European Short Course Championships in Kazan in November, Strelnikov swam a time of 57.68 seconds, ranked eleventh overall, third amongst the Russian swimmers in the event, and did not qualify for the final as he was not one of the two fastest swimmers representing Russia.[28] For his other individual event, the 50 metre breaststroke, he placed fifth in the final on the sixth and final day of competition with a personal best time of 26.03 seconds.[29] Also on the final day of competition, he split a 25.83 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay in the prelims heats, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking first.[30] On the finals relay, Oleg Kostin substituted in for him and the relay finished third in 1:36.42 with all relay members, prelims and finals, meaning a bronze medal for their efforts.[31]

2021 World Short Course Championships

2021 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:30.51 (CR)

In December 2021, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Strelnikov swam the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay in the final, splitting a 26.02 to help achieve a fourth-place finish in 1:37.44.[32] For his other relay, the 4×50 metre medley relay two days later, he split a 25.62 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to help win the gold medal in a new time Championships record time of 1:30.51 with finals relay teammates Kliment Kolesnikov (backstroke), Andrey Minakov (butterfly), and Vladimir Morozov (freestyle).[33][34][35][36][37] Concluding racing at the Championships with the 50 metre breaststroke, he placed tenth in the semifinals with a time of 26.33 seconds.[38]

As part of a reactionary ban enacted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport following accusations of widespread doping in Russia and spanning 17 December 2020 to 16 December 2022, the Russian team, including Strelnikov, competed using the name Russian Swimming Federation at the World Championships.[39][40][41]

2022: Banned twice for being Russian

On 3 March 2022, European aquatic sport governing body, LEN, shot down the continued return of Strelnikov at their competitions, banning him and all other Russians and Belarusians from their competitions indefinitely.[42] Over one month later, on 21 April 2022, the world aquatic sport governing body, FINA, also shut down his opportunity to grow his racing experience at their competitions, banning him and all other Russians and Belarusians through at least the end of the year.[43] His times achieved in the 2022 year following the implementation of the FINA ban did not count for world records nor world rankings.[44] At the 2022 Russian Solidarity Games, with the short course swimming competition contested in Kazan in November, he won the bronze medal with a time of 26.03 seconds, finishing within one-tenth of a second of gold medalist Ilya Shymanovich.[45]

2023

Eleven days before the start of the 2023 Russian National Swimming Championships, on 5 April, World Aquatics (formerly FINA) announced the continuation of its 2022 ban on Russians and Belarusians from its competitions.[46] In the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke on the first day of the 2023 Russian National Championships in April in Kazan, Strelnikov received a b-classification with a time of 1:01.03 and overall ranking of tenth.[47] He ranked fourth in the morning preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke on the fifth day with a 27.19 and qualified for the evening semifinals.[48] He reiterated a fourth-rank performance in the semifinals with a time of 27.16 seconds, qualifying for the final the following day.[49] The following, and final, day, he placed sixth in the final with a time of 27.24 seconds.[50]

International championships

Meet 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 4×50 medley relay 4×100 medley relay 4×50 mixed medley relay
EC 20125th14th—5th—
WUG 2013—4th—1st place, gold medalist(s)—
WC 201313th9th—4th—
ESC 20215th11th (h)—3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[a]
SCW 202110th1st place, gold medalist(s)4th
a Strelnikov swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m breaststroke 26.78 2021 Russian National Championships Kazan 5 April 2021 [17]
100 m breaststroke 59.80 h 2013 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona, Spain 28 July 2013 [8]

Legend: h – heat

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Event Time Meet Location Date Ref
50 m breaststroke 25.90 2021 Russian Short Course Championships Saint Petersburg 21 November 2021 [51]
100 m breaststroke 57.13 2020 Vladimir Salnikov Cup Saint Petersburg 22 December 2020 [52]

Honours and awards

  • Master of Sport of International Class, recipient from Russian Federation: 2012[2]
  • Certificate of Honour, received from Russian Federation president: 2013[2]

See also

References

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