Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer who swam for the University of Louisville and was a three-time Olympic participant. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyz national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He made the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
Early life Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.
Three-time Olympian, 2016-2024 Representing Kyrgyzstan, he competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio where he finished 38th with a time of 2:16.57.
At the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he competed in both the Men's 100-meter breaststroke, where he swam a 1:00.23, finishing 27th overall, and setting a Kyrgyzstani national record, and in the 200-meter breaststroke where he finished 18th overall with a time of 2:10.07. As noted previously, his 200-meter time was a Kyrgyzstani national swimming record, which broke his previous record of 1:00.94 which he set at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Petrashov also made the 2024 Olympic team for Kyrgyzstan where he finished seventh in the 200-Meter breaststroke in his semifinal heat, recording a time of 2:10.19.
International swimming highlights Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India. He won two silver medals. in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.
Petrashov was a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.
Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.
University of Louisville Petrashov attended the University of Louisville and competed for the Louisville Cardinals from around 2020-2024 under Head Coach Arthur Albiero. While swimming for Louisville in his first year of competition, Petrashov recorded times of 51.92 and 1:51.89 in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events. At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke. He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100 breaststroke, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time. In the 2022-23 season for Louisville, at the NCAA Championships, he placed third in the 100 breast, earning All-American honors with a time of 50.78 to set a new school record.
Major results
Representing 2015World Championships Kazan, Russia50th (h)200 m breaststroke2:22.84Simon Barclay (2016). 16th World Aquatics Championships - Kazan 2015. Complete Results & Athlete Index2016Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil38th (h)200 m breaststroke2:16.57Asian Championships Tokyo, Japan19th (h)50 m breaststroke30.0817th (h)100 m breaststroke1:04.286th200 m breaststroke2:17.4520172017 Maccabiah Games Jerusalem, Israel5th100 m breaststroke1:03.375th200 m breaststroke2:18.84World Championships Budapest, Hungary48th (h)100 m breaststroke1:03.1432nd (h)200 m breaststroke2:18.432018Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia16th (h)50 m breaststroke28.7311th (h)100 m breaststroke1:02.125th200 m breaststroke2:12.19Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina7th50 m breaststroke28.702nd100 m breaststroke1:01.349th (h)200 m breaststroke2:16.702019World Championships Gwangju, South Korea28th (h)100 m breaststroke1:00.9424th (h)200 m breaststroke2:11.652021Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan27th (h)100 m breaststroke1:00.2328th (h)200 m breaststroke2:10.072022World Championships Budapest, Hungary20th (h)50 m breaststroke27.8920th (h)100 m breaststroke1:00.8612th (sf)200 m breaststroke2:11.00
See also List of flag bearers for Kyrgyzstan at the Olympics List of Kyrgyzstani records in swimming "The Top Ranked Swimmers of All-Time from Kyrgyzstan"
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