Evgeny Rylov

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Evgeny Rylov
Evgeny Rylov 2021.jpg
Rylov in 2021
Personal information
Full nameEvgeny Mikhailovich Rylov
National team Russia
Born (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 (age 25)[1]
Novotroitsk, Russia[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle swimming
ClubEnergy Standard International Swim Club
CoachAndrey Shishin[1]
Medal record
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 4×50 m mixed medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 4×200 m mixed freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 4×50 m freestyle
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanjing 200 m backstroke

Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Рылов, IPA: [ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ˈrɨɫəf]; born 23 September 1996) is a Russian competitive Olympic champion swimmer. He specializes in backstroke events. He has won three gold medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and a bronze on his major debut at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan.[2] He also won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and a gold at 2017 Fina World Championships in Budapest, both were from the 200 m backstroke event. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3] He currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Career[]

Rylov first established himself on the world scene at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he achieved a total of four medals, three golds and one silver, and broke two junior world swimming records. In the boys' 100 m backstroke, Rylov shared the top prize with Italy's Simone Sabbioni in a matching time of 54.24 seconds.[4] On 20 August, he put up a sterling effort of 25.09 to crush the world junior record and pick up his second gold of the meet in the 50 m backstroke, touching out Greece's Apostolos Christou by 0.35 of a second.[5][6] Less than an hour later, Rylov and his teammates Anton Chupkov, Aleksandr Sadovnikov, and Filipp Shopin led throughout the race to capture the 4 × 100 m medley relay title in a junior world-record breaking time of 3:38.02.[5][7] On the final night of the Games, Rylov added a silver to his medal tally in the 200 m backstroke with a time of 1:57.08, losing the title and his chance of breaking another record to China's Li Guangyuan by 14-hundredths of a second.[8]

When his nation Russia hosted the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Rylov charged his way to round out the podium with a third-place time of 1:54.60 in the 200 m backstroke.[2][9] Earlier in the meet, Rylov also posted a time of 53.23 to place seventh in the finals of the 100 m backstroke, missing out the podium by more than half a second.[10]

At the Russian Championships in April 2016, Rylov broke the European record in the 200 m backstroke with a time of 1:54.21.[11] Then at the Summer Olympics in Rio, he broke the 200 back European record again with a time of 1:53.97 and took a bronze medal.[12]

At 2017 Russian Championships in April, he lowered his own 200 back European record for the third time with a time of 1:53.81.[13]

At the World Championships in July 2017, Rylov broke his own European record once again in the 200 m backstroke with a time of 1:53.61.[14] defeating the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy and winning gold in the process. This was the first long course world championships gold won by a Russian male swimmer since 2003.

At the Short Course World Championships in 2018, Rylov won golds in 50 back and 200 back.

At the World Championships in 2019, he defended the World Championships title in 200 m backstroke.[15] He also won silvers in 50 and 100 back, becoming the first male backstroker ever to step onto the podium in all three distances.

At 2021 Russian Championships, Rylov broke 100 back national record with a time of 52.12 and 200 back European record with a time of 1:53.23.[16] Then at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he claimed double golds in 100 and 200 back respectively, breaking 100 back European record with a time of 51.98 and 200 back Olympic record with a time of 1:53.27.[17] He became Russia's first Olympic swimming champion in 25 years,[18] and ended USA's streak of 12 straight backstroke golds at the Olympics.[19] He also won a silver medal in men's 4×200 free relay together with his teammates.

International Swimming League[]

In the Autumn of 2019, he was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the , who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[20] He won the 100m and 200m Backstrokes at both the Budapest and London matches after winning just the 100m Backstroke in Naples.[21]

Rylov was the MVP of the 9th match in the regular season of ISL season 3 in 2021.[22]

Personal life[]

Rylov's father Mikhail Rylov is a former footballer, who now serves as a coach. In childhood he tried himself in association football, but chose instead swimming.[23]

Rylov is a staff police sergeant of the Moscow Oblast Police of the town district of Lobnya.[24]

See also[]

  • List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References[]

  1. ^ a b c RYLOV Evgeny. olympics.com
  2. ^ a b "Рылов напомнил России о медалях" [Rylov reminded Russia about the medals] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Swimming-Russian Rylov wins gold in men's 100 metres backstroke | Reuters".
  4. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: Liliana Szilagyi Vaults to 3rd in World in 200 Fly". Swimming World Magazine. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Records Bonanza on Night Four". Russian News Agency TASS. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Russian swimmer Rylov wins gold at 2014 Youth Olympics in China". Swimming World Magazine. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Nanjing provides perfect springboard for Rio". Swimming World Magazine. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Youth Olympic Games: World Junior Record Bonanza on Final Night". Swimming World Magazine. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Mitch Larkin Breaks American Streak in 200 Back at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Mitchell Larkin Clips Top Field For 100 Back Title at 2015 FINA World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Evgeny Rylov Confines Kawecki's Euro 200 Back Standard To History in 1:54.2". Swimvortex. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Evgeny RYLOV". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  13. ^ Small, Thomas A. (2017-04-13). "Evgeny Rylov Sets European Record On Day Four Of Russian Nationals". Swimming World News. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  14. ^ "MEN'S 200 BACK FINAL IN BUDAPEST WITH RYLOV-MURPHY-PEBLEY". SwimSwam. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  15. ^ Евгений Рылов завоевал золото чемпионата мира на 200-метровке на спине
  16. ^ "Чемпионат России - SPLASH Meet Manager 11". russwimming.ru. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  17. ^ "Team ROC's Rylov wins second Olympic gold in Tokyo". TASS. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  18. ^ "Russia Wins First Olympic Pool Gold Since 1996 To Break Legendary U.S. Streak". SwimSwam. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  19. ^ "Russian Evgeny Rylov beats Ryan Murphy in 100M backstroke, ending US streak of 12 straight gold in men's individual back". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  20. ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  21. ^ , Wikipedia, 2020-04-17, retrieved 2020-04-17
  22. ^ "ISL Match 9, Day 2: Evgeny Rylov Is MVP As Dominant Energy Standard Remain Unbeaten". Swimming World News. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  23. ^ Пловец Рылов вернул золото Олимпиады в Россию, но слушает только зарубежную музыку. Что нужно о нем знать. sport24.ru. 27 July 2021
  24. ^ Старший сержант полиции Евгений Рылов завоевал золотую медаль XXXII летних Олимпийских игр в Токио. mvdmedia.ru. 27 July 2021

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Records
Preceded by
Evgeny Rylov
 Men's 200 metre backstroke
European record holder (long course)
8 August 2018 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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