Danila Izotov
 2018 Russian National Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Danila Sergeyevich Izotov |
| Nickname | Dan |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 2 October 1991 Novouralsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | freestyle |
| Club | Dinamo |
Medal record | |
Danila Sergeevich Izotov (Russian: Данила Сергеевич Изотов; born 2 October 1991) is a Russian swimmer, a member of the Russian National team since 2008, and a multiple medalist at the Olympic Games and World Championships, as well as a European champion. He is coached by his father, Sergey Alexandrovich Izotov. He is the nephew of soviet swimmer Elvira Vasilkova.
Career
Izotov made his debut in the Russian national team at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival in Belgrade, Serbia, where he won four gold medals – 100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle and 4×100 mixed relay.
Izotov won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay together with Alexander Sukhorukov, Yevgeny Lagunov and Nikita Lobintsev.
In 2009, he set a world record in the 4 × 100 m medley in short swimming pools of 3:19.16 in St. Petersburg. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome he was the only Russian individual medalist – a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. Besides he swam the third laps in the finals of 4×100 and 4 × 200 m relay races, where the Russians won the silver medal.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Izotov along with teammates (Andrey Grechin, Nikita Lobintsev, Vladimir Morozov) won Russia the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle .
Education
Izotov is a student of the Institute of Physical Culture, Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) Yekaterinburg.
Awards and titles
Honoured Master of Sports of Russian Federation.
The medal of order for the merits before the motherland of the 2nd degree – for the valuable contribution in the development of physical culture and sport, high sports achievements on the XXIX Olympic Games of 2008 in Beijing (2009).
Notes
1. The decree of the President of Russian Federation from 2 August 2009 N885 “ about state awarding of Russian Federation
External links
- Danila Izotov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Danila Izotov at russwimming.ru (in Russian)
- Danila Izotov at the-sports.org
- Danila Izotov at Swimrankings.net
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Novouralsk
- Russian male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World record holders in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade gold medalists for Russia