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| Full name | Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia Serbia United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984 (age 40) Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Taganrog Army Club Federal Protective Service New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Lyudmila Shalyapina (aunt) Arkady Vyatchanin (father) Irina Vyatchanina (mother) Gregg Troy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin (Russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Вятча́нин, Serbian Cyrillic: Аркадиј Аркадјевич Вјатчањин; born 4 April 1984) is a retired Russian, Serbian and American backstroke swimmer. He was born in Vorkuta, and in 1999 moved to Taganrog, Russia, where he graduated from the South Federal University. He was a member of the Russian National Team in 2000–2015; moved to Serbia in 2015 and to the United States in 2017, and retired in June 2018.
Family
Vyatchanin came from a swimming family and was initially trained by his aunt, father and mother, who were all retired competitive swimmers and professional swimming coaches. His father Arkady Sr. (1946–2014) held nine Soviet swimming titles and was a member of the Soviet team from 1965 to 1971. His mother Irina and elder sister Alla competed at the national level. Vyatchanin is married to Evgeniya.
Change of nationality
In 2013 Vyatchanin announced an intention to leave the Russian team and compete for another country saying he gave all he could to team Russia. In 2015 he obtained Serbian citizenship (name in Serbian: Arkadij Vjatčanjin), but could not complete internationally because of administrative errors in his international transfer. Hence he missed the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2017 Vyatchanin obtained American citizenship. He retired in June 2018 aiming to become a swimming coach.
See also
References
- ^ Arkady Vyachanin. sports-reference.com
- ^ Аркадий Вятчанин. russwimming.ru
- Vjačanin oborio dva srpska rekorda Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Призер Олимпийских игр пловец Вятчанин объявил о завершении карьеры. TASS (2 June 2018).
- Do Svidaniya, Russia! Arkady Vyatchanin Switching Sport Nationalities. Swimming World Magazine (22 April 2013).
- Светски рекордер Аркадиј Вјачанин плива за Србију. serbia-swim.org.rs (14 January 2015)
- Пловец Вятчанин получил гражданство США Archived 7 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. sport.mail.ru (7 August 2017)
External links
Media related to Arkady Vyatchanin at Wikimedia Commons- Arkady Vyatchanin on Twitter
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| Preceded byHelge Meeuw | Men's 200 metre backstroke European record holder (long course) 5 August 2006 – 2 August 2013 |
Succeeded byRadosław Kawęcki |
| Preceded byGeorge Du Rand | Men's 200 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) 15 November 2009 – 27 November 2015 |
Succeeded byMitch Larkin |
| Preceded byMarkus Rogan | Men's 200 metre backstroke European record holder (short course) 15 November 2009 – present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded byAschwin Wildeboer | Men's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) 12 December 2009 – 18 December 2009 |
Succeeded byNick Thoman |
| Preceded byAschwin Wildeboer | Men's 100 metre backstroke European record holder (short course) 12 December 2009 – 19 December 2010 |
Succeeded byStanislav Donets |
| European Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke | |
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