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| Born | 20 March 1990 (1990-03-20) (age 34) Voronezh, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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Vitaly Viktorovich Melnikov (Russian: Виталий Викторович Мельников; born 20 March 1990) is a Russian backstroke swimmer.
Career
At the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, he won an individual silver medal in the 100 m backstroke and two medley relay gold medals, in the men's and mixed competitions, breaking world records in both medley events. Those results were annulled after a positive doping test of his samples taken during those European Championships. Melnikov was suspended from competitions in April 2014, and banned in March 2015 until 12 December 2015.
References
- Russia Clips Mixed 200 Medley Relay World Record; Second Mark for Yuliya Efimova. swimmingworldmagazine.com. 13 December 2013
- Российский пловец Виталий Мельников дисквалифицирован на два года за допинг. Tass.ru. 16 March 2015
External links
- Vitaly Melnikov at i-swimmer.ru
- Vitaly MELNIKOV at the-sports.org
- Vitaly MELNIKOV at Swimrankings.net