Andrey Minakov

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Andrey Minakov
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Personal information
Full nameAndrey Dmitriyevich Minakov
National teamRussia Russia
Born (2002-03-17) 17 March 2002 (age 19)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
College teamStanford University[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (LC) 0 2 1
World Championships (SC) 2 3 4
European Championships (LC) 1 1 1
Total 3 6 6
Representing Russian Swimming Federation
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Representing  Russia
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 100 m freestyle
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires 4×100 m mixed medley

Andrey Dmitriyevich Minakov (Russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Минаков; born 17 March 2002) is a Russian swimmer and Olympian.[2] At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, he won silver medals in the 100 metre butterfly and 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay.[3][4] In 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he placed 4th in the 100 metre butterfly, 4th in the 4×100 metre medley relay, 7th in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, and 10th in the 100 metre freestyle.[5]

Early life and education[]

Minakov was raised in Saint Petersburg, Russia, though later in his youth he began splitting his time between Russia and California, training in the United States during the summer months each year.[6]

Collegiately, Minakov chose to attend Stanford University where he started competing as part of the swim team in the fall of 2021.[1] The week Minakov announced his commitment to swimming for Stanford, the week of 3 December 2019, he ranked number one for "The Week That Was" honour from Swimming World, narrowly winning the top spot over number two, which was Caeleb Dressel getting engaged to Meghan Dressel.[7]

Swimming career[]

2018 Summer Youth Olympics[]

See also: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 50 m butterfly 23.62
Gold medal – first place 100 m butterfly 51.12 (NR)
Gold medal – first place 100 m freestyle 49.23
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m mixed freestyle 3:28.50
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:18.11
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m medley 3:35.17 (WJ)
Silver medal – second place 4×100 m mixed medley 3:51.46

When he was 16 years old, Minakov competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, winning six gold medals and one silver medal.[6] Minakov set a new national record of 51.12 seconds in the 100 metre butterfly and won the gold medal, touching ahead of silver medalist in the event Kristóf Milák of Hungary.[8] In addition to the national record, Minakov helped set a new world junior record of 3:35.17 in the final of the 4x100 metre medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay and splitting a time of 51.14 seconds.[9]

2019 World Championships[]

In July 2019 at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Minakov won two silver medals and one bronze medal.[4] In the 100 metre butterfly, Minakov set a new national record for Russia in the semifinals with a time 50.94, advanced to the final ranked second overall, and became the first Russian in history to swim the race in less than 51 seconds.[10] The following day, during the final of the 100 metre butterfly, Minakov won the silver medal in a national record time of 50.83 seconds, touching the wall after first place finisher Caeleb Dressel of the United States and before third place finisher Chad le Clos of South Africa.[4][11] Minakov also won a bronze medal and helped set a new national record in the 4x100 metre medley relay at 3:28.81, he split a 50.54 for the butterfly leg of the relay, with his relay teammates Evgeny Rylov (backstroke), Kirill Prigoda (breaststroke), and Vladimir Morozov (freestyle).[4]

2019 World Junior Championships[]

As part of the 4x100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Budapest in August, Minakov helped break the world junior record he helped set in the event in 2018, swimming the butterfly leg of the relay in 50.93 seconds and contributing to the new record time of 3:33.19.[12] Minakov was named as one of two "Swimmer of the Championships" competitors along with Lani Pallister of Australia.[13]

2020 National Championships[]

At the 2020 Russian National Championships held in Kazan in October and conducted in long course metres, Minakov swam a personal best time of 47.57 seconds in the 100 metre freestyle and set a new world junior record in the event, breaking the former record of 47.58 seconds set by Kyle Chalmers of Australia in 2016.[14] Earlier in the same meet, Minakov set a new world junior record in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 23.05 seconds.[15] Later in the year, in December, at the Russian National Championships conducted in short course metres, Minakov established a new world junior record in the short course 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.34 seconds.[16]

2020 Summer Olympics[]

See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics that took place in Tokyo, Japan in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minakov placed 4th in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.88 seconds.[17] He also placed 4th swimming the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay splitting a time of 50.31, placed 10th in the 100 metre freestyle where he swam a time of 48.03 seconds in the semifinals and 7th in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay splitting a 47.71 for the lead-off leg of the relay.[5]

2021—2022 Collegiate season[]

At the 2021 North Carolina State Fall Invitational in Greensboro, North Carolina, Minakov improved his best time in the 50 yard freestyle by approximately six-tenths of a second on the first day of competition, 18 November, with a time of 19.13 seconds in the prelims.[18] In the final of the 50 yard freestyle, Minakov tied for second-place with his time of 19.20 seconds.[19] The second day of competition, Minakov set a new personal best time in the 100 yard butterfly at 44.78 seconds, which won him first place.[20] The morning of the third day of competition, Minakov swam a personal best time of 42.49 seconds in the 100 yard freestyle in the prelims heats.[21] In the evening, Minoakov won the event, lowering his time in the race to 41.89 seconds.[22]

2021 World Short Course Championships[]

2021 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 4×100 m freestyle 3:03.45
Gold medal – first place 4×50 m medley 1:30.51 (CR)
Silver medal – second place 4×50 m freestyle 1:23.75
Bronze medal – third place 4×50 m mixed freestyle 1:28.97
Bronze medal – third place 100 m butterfly 49.21
Bronze medal – third place 4×100 m medley 3:20.65

Minakov was announced to the team Russia roster on 2 December for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[23] On 16 December, the first day of competition, Minakov split a 45.94 for the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, helping achieve a time of 3:06.02 with prelims relay teammates Aleksandr Shchegolev, Vladimir Morozov, and Daniil Markov, and advance the relay to the final ranked first overall.[24][25] In the final of the event, Minakov contributed to the finals relay first-place finish in 3:03.45 with relay teammates Aleksandr Shchegolev, Kliment Kolesnikov, and Vladislav Grinev, and won a gold medal for his efforts in both the prelims and final.[26][27][28] The following day, Minakov ranked second in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly, ahead of Youssef Ramadan of Egypt and behind Noè Ponti of Switzerland with his time of 49.60 seconds, and qualified for the semifinals later the same day.[29] He split a 21.04 for the lead-off leg of the 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping his prelims relay teammates qualify the relay for the final ranked first at 1:29.84.[30] In the evening, Minakov qualified for the final of the 100 metre butterfly ranking eighth with a 49.79.[31] Later in the same session, Miankov split a 20.95 for the second leg of 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay, helping win the bronze medal in 1:28.97.[32]

On the third day of competition, Minakov swam a 49.21 in the 100 metre butterfly final to win the bronze medal.[33][34] Minakov substituted in for Daniil Markov on the finals relay in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay on day four, splitting a 21.14 for the lead-off leg to contribute to the final time of 1:23.75 and winning the silver medal.[35] In the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay on day five, Minakov split a 21.76 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help win the gold medal in a Championships record time of 1:30.51.[36][37] On the final day, day six of competition, Minakov split a 48.81 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay, helping win the bronze medal in a time of 3:20.65.[38]

Personal best times[]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[]

Event Time Meet Date Age Location Notes Ref
50 m freestyle 22.71 2020 Summer Olympics 28 July 2021 19 Tokyo, Japan † [5]
100 m freestyle 47.57 2020 Russian National Championships 30 October 2020 18 Kazan former WJ [2]
50 m butterfly 23.02 2021 Russian National Championships 4 April 2021 19 Kazan [2]
100 m butterfly 50.83 2019 World Aquatics Championships 27 July 2019 17 Gwangju, South Korea NR [4]
Legend: NR – Russian record; WJ – World Junior record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course yards (25 yd pool)[]

Event Time Meet Date Age Location Ref
50 yd freestyle 19.13 h 2021 North Carolina State Invitational 18 November 2021 19 Greensboro, United States [18]
100 yd freestyle 41.89 2021 North Carolina State Invitational 20 November 2021 19 Greensboro, United States [22]
100 yd butterfly 44.78 2021 North Carolina State Invitational 19 November 2021 19 Greensboro, United States [20]

Legend: h — heat

Records[]

World junior records[]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Age Ref
1 4x100 m medley relay 3:35.17 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 October 2018 Former 16 [9]
2 4x100 m medley relay (2) 3:33.19 2019 World Junior Championships Budapest, Hungary 25 August 2019 Current 17 [12]
3 50 m butterfly 23.05 sf Russian National Championships Kazan 28 October 2020 Current 18 [15]
4 100 m freestyle 47.57 Russian National Championships Kazan 30 October 2020 Former 18 [14]

Legend: sf – semifinals

Short course metres (25 m pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Age Ref
1 50 m butterfly 22.34 Russian National Championships Saint Petersburg 18 December 2020 Current 18 [16]

National records[]

Long course metres (50 m pool)[]

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Status Age Ref
1 100 m butterfly 51.12 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Buenos Aires, Argentina 9 October 2018 Former 16 [8]
2 100 m butterfly (2) 50.94 sf 2019 World Aquatics Championships Gwangju, South Korea 26 July 2019 Former 17 [10]
3 100 m butterfly (3) 50.83 2019 World Aquatics Championships Gwangju, South Korea 27 July 2019 Current 17 [11]
4 4x100 m medley relay 3:28.81 2019 World Aquatics Championships Gwangju, South Korea 28 July 2019 Current 17 [4]

Legend: sf – semifinals

Awards and honours[]

  • SwimSwam Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#14)[39]
  • Swimming World, The Week That Was: 3 December 2019 (#1)[7]
  • FINA, Male Swimmer of the Championships: 2019 World Junior Championships[13]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Junior Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019,[40] 2020[41]
  • SwimSwam Swammy Award, Breakout Swimmer of the Year (male): 2019[42]

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