Ilya Shymanovich

Ilya Syarheyevich Shymanovich (; born 2 August 1994) is a Belarusian swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 100 metre breaststroke and a former world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke. At the 2018 World Championships he won two silver medals, one each in the 100 metre breaststroke and the 50 metre breaststroke. He won two gold medals, one in the 50 metre breaststroke and one in the 200 metre breaststroke, and a silver medal, in the 100 metre breaststroke, at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke.

Career 2017 World Championships At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Shymanovich competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event.

2018 World Championships Competing on the global level at the 2018 World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China, Shymanovich won his first medal of the meet in the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing in a time of 56.10 seconds that was nine hundredths of a second behind the gold medalist and then-world-record-holder in the event Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa to earn the silver medal.FINA (12 December 2018). "14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 7 November 2021. In his next individual event, the 200 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich placed twelfth overall with a time of 2:04.85 in the prelims heats, which did not advance him to the final.FINA (13 December 2018). "14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 7 November 2021. For his final individual event, the 50 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich once again won the silver medal, placing second with a time of 25.77 seconds only behind Cameron van der Burgh.FINA (16 December 2018). "14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2020 Belarus National Championships In December 2020, at the short course Belarus National Championships in Brest, Shymanovich swam a world record time of 55.34 seconds in the 100 metre breaststroke, breaking the world record of 55.41 seconds set by Adam Peaty of Great Britain approximately one month earlier.Ross, Andy (19 December 2020). "FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Lowers Peaty's SCM 100 Breaststroke World Record". Swimming World. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Sutherland, James (19 December 2020). "Ilya Shymanovich Shatters Peaty's SCM 100 Breast World Record In 55.34". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2020 European Championships At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in May 2021 and conducted in long course metres, Shymanovich competed in the 50 metre breaststroke winning the silver medal in the event with a time of 26.55 seconds, which was less than four tenths of a second behind the gold medalist in the event, Adam Peaty of Great Britain.LEN (22 May 2021). "European Aquatics Championships Budapest - Hungary 2020: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

Shymanovich won the gold medal and tied the world record of 25.25 seconds in the 50 metre breaststroke, set in 2009 by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, on the last day of the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia in November.LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (7 November 2021). "FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Matches 50 Breaststroke Short-Course WR In 25.25". Swimming World. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Edmund, Emma (7 November 2021). "Ilya Shymanovich Ties 50 Breast World Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021. His time of 25.25 seconds also set a new European record, Belarusian record, and Championships record in the event. He backed up his world record in the 50 metre breaststroke on the finals relay in the mixed 4x50 metre medley relay, where he swam the fastest 50 metre breaststroke relay split in history with a time of 24.72 seconds and helped the relay place fifth overall.LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Medley Mixed Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

Earlier in the Championships meet and leading up to his world record, Shymanovich set a new Championships record in the 100 metre breaststroke in the semifinals with a time of 55.45 seconds that advanced him to the final ranked first.LEN (3 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (3 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021. In the final of the 100 metre breaststroke he swam a 55.77 and earned the silver medal in the event, with neither him nor the gold medalist, Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy, matching nor surpassing his time from the semifinals in the final, meaning his Championships record remained unbroken through the Championships.LEN (4 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Hamann, Michael (4 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021. After his silver medal win in the 100 metre breaststroke and before his gold medal win in the 50 metre breaststroke, Shymanovich won his first gold medal of the Championships in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:01.73 in the final.LEN (6 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 200m Breaststroke Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 7 November 2021.Lepesant, Anne (6 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 November 2021. Shymanovich equalling the world record in the 50 metre breaststroke was ranked as number one for "The Week That Was" honor from Swimming World for the week of 8 November 2021 along with Szebasztián Szabó of Hungary equalling the world record in the 50 metre butterfly.Rieder, David (8 November 2021). "The Week That Was: Szabo, Shymanovich Tie World Records During Busy European Short Course Championships". Swimming World. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

2021 International Swimming League In his second playoffs season match of the 2021 International Swimming League, Shymanovich lowered the world record he set in the short course 100 metre breaststroke in 2020 at 55.34 seconds to a time of 55.32 seconds.ISL (19 November 2021). "ISL Match 14 Eindhoven (NED): Men's 100m Breaststroke Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 November 2021.Sutherland, James (19 November 2021). "Ilya Shymanovich Betters Own SCM 100 Breast World Record In 55.32". SwimSwam. Retrieved 19 November 2021.De George, Matthew (19 November 2021). "Flash: Ilya Shymanovich Shaves .02 off His World Record in 100 Breast". Swimming World. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Prior to setting the world record, Shymanovich narrowly outperformed Sarah Sjöström, also swimming representing the Energy Standard Swim Club, to win the match most valuable player, MVP, honour in the first playoffs match of the season.ISL (12 November 2021). "ISL Match 12 Eindhoven (NED): Match MVP Standings". Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Earlier, during the regular season, Shymanovich won his first match most valuable player honour of the year in the eighth match of the regular season.ISL (19 September 2021). "ISL Match 8 Napoli (ITA): Match MVP Standings". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 November 2021. In the fifth playoffs match, sixteenth match of the whole season, Shymanovhich lowered his own world record in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 55.28 seconds.ISL (26 November 2021). "ISL Match 16 Eindhoven (NED): Men's 100m Breaststroke Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 November 2021.Rieder, David (26 November 2021). "FLASH! Ilya Shymanovich Swims 55.28 to Take Down World Record in 100 Breaststroke". Swimming World. Retrieved 26 November 2021. For the sixteenth match he also won match most valuable player honors with a total score of 83.5 points.ISL (26 November 2021). "ISL Match 16 Eindhoven (NED): Match MVP Standings". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 November 2021. Shymanovich's new world record was the number one item for "The Week That Was" honour.Shay, Ashleigh (29 November 2021). "The Week That Was Ilya Shymanovich Takes Down a World Record". Swimming World. Retrieved 29 November 2021. He won a total of 16 breaststroke events throughout the 2021 season.Rieder, David (2 January 2022). "ISL Male Swimmer of the Year: Ilya Shymanovich Raced to 16 Breaststroke Wins, Two World Records". Swimming World. Retrieved 2 January 2022. Shymanovich ranked fifth out of 488 competitors at the end of the 2021 season for the total number of most valuable player points earned by a competitor in the duration of the International Swimming League with 711.5 points.Keith, Braden (13 December 2021). "Sarah Sjostrom Becomes ISL's First-Ever Swimmer To Clear 1000 MVP Points". SwimSwam. Retrieved 13 December 2021. With his world records in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke from 2021, Shymanovich was the only swimmer to set a world record in two or more individual events for the year.Takata, Daniel (31 December 2021). "All Of The World Records Set In 2021". SwimSwam. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships