26 Facts About Anton Chupkov

Anton Mikhailovich Chupkov is a retired Russian competitive swimmer.

Anton Chupkov is the European record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke and the Russian record holder in the long course 100 metre breaststroke.

Anton Chupkov formerly held the world record in the long course 200 metre breaststroke.

Anton Chupkov won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Anton Chupkov won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2017 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Anton Chupkov has been member of the Russian Federation youth national team in swimming since 2013.

In 2013, Anton Chupkov competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival taking the gold medal in 200 metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke.

On 20 April 2015, when he was 18 years old, Anton Chupkov won the gold medal and became the Russian champion in the 200 metre breaststroke.

Anton Chupkov competed in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke.

Anton Chupkov broke two world junior records including a previous record set by himself at the 2014 Youth Olympics.

Anton Chupkov was selected as the Russian athlete to serve as flag bearer for and carry the flag of Russia at the closing ceremony of the Games.

Anton Chupkov appeared in his first senior Worlds at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, where he qualified in the 200 metre breaststroke final finishing in 7th place in a time of 2:09.96, after previously setting a world junior record in the semifinals in a time of 2:09.64.

Anton Chupkov competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore; he won gold medals in two individual events, the 100 metre breaststroke and the 200 metre breaststroke, and finished 7th in the 50 metre breaststroke final.

In June 2016 as part of the Mare Nostrum stop in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, Anton Chupkov broke the Russian record of 2:08.62 set in 2013 by Vyacheslav Sinkevich in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:08.53.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Anton Chupkov won his first Olympic medal, the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:07.70.

In July 2017, at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Anton Chupkov started his competition in the prelims heats of the 200 metre breaststroke where he qualified for the semifinals ranking first with a 2:08.23 on 27 July.

At the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, Anton Chupkov won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 59.06, finishing behind gold medalist Adam Peaty of Great Britain and silver medalist James Wilby of Great Britain.

Anton Chupkov won the world title in the 200 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, marking the second time in a row he won the world title in the event after first winning the title in 2017.

Later the same day Anton Chupkov ranked second in the semifinals, swimming a time of 2:06.83.

At the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China in mid-October 2019, Anton Chupkov won his first medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, swimming a time of 59.17 seconds to win the gold medal and finish 0.10 seconds ahead of silver medalist Yan Zibei of China.

Anton Chupkov won the gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 2:07.95 and over half a second ahead of the silver medalist in the event, Qin Haiyang of China.

At the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Kazan in November and conducted in long course metres, Anton Chupkov broke the Russian record of 59.05 set by Kirill Prigoda in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.94 seconds and won the gold medal in the event, finishing four-hundredths of a second ahead of silver medalist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands.

At the 2020 Russian Championships in October, Anton Chupkov set a new Russian record in the long course 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.83 seconds, which broke the former record of 58.94 seconds he set at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup.

At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in May 2021, Anton Chupkov placed tenth in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke on 17 May with a time of 59.49 seconds.

In October 2021, Anton Chupkov competed in the third 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop, which was held in Doha, Qatar, where he won the bronze medal in the short course 100 metre breaststroke with a 57.56, placed sixth in the 50 metre breaststroke with a 26.90, and won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2:03.08.

At the 2021 Vladimir Salnikov Cup in December, Anton Chupkov won the short course 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:03.67.