1. Andrey Dmitriyevich Minakov is a Russian swimmer and Olympian.
17 Facts About Andrey Minakov
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Andrey Minakov is the Russian record holder in the long course 100 metre butterfly.
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Andrey Minakov is a former world junior record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre butterfly and long course 100 metre freestyle.
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Andrey Minakov won two gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals at the 2021 World Short Course Championships.
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The week Andrey Minakov announced his commitment to swimming for Stanford, the week of 3 December 2019, he ranked number one for "The Week That Was" honour from Swimming World.
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In 2023, Andrey Minakov changed his region of representation for Russian competitions to the Republic of Tatarstan.
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When he was 16 years old, Andrey Minakov competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning six gold medals and one silver medal.
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Andrey Minakov set a new national record of 51.12 seconds in the 100 metre butterfly and won the gold medal, touching ahead of silver medalist in the event Kristof Milak of Hungary.
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In July 2019 at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Andrey Minakov won two silver medals and one bronze medal.
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In December 2020, at the Russian National Championships conducted in short course metres, Andrey Minakov established a new world junior record in the short course 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.34 seconds.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics itself, which took place in Tokyo, Japan in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrey Minakov placed 4th in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.88 seconds.
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The second day of competition, Andrey Minakov set a new personal best time in the 100 yard butterfly at 44.78 seconds, which won him first place.
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Andrey Minakov was announced to the team Russia roster on 2 December for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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On 3 March 2022, Andrey Minakov was indefinitely banned from international competition at LEN events along with all other Russians and Belarusians in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ban was enacted on the second day of the aforementioned 2022 Pac-12 Conference Championships.
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Andrey Minakov won the 100 yard butterfly title in the final, breaking his own pool record with a personal best time of 43.71 seconds and finishing less than two-tenths of a second ahead of second-place finisher Luca Urlando and third-place finisher Youssef Ramadan.
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At the November segment of the 2022 Russian Solidarity Games, conducted in short course metres in Kazan for swimming competition, Andrey Minakov won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 49.92 seconds on day four, 22 November.
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Andrey Minakov concluded the session with a ranking of fourth in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 48.73 seconds.