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Arkady Vyatchanin

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[3] and to the United States in 2017, and retired in June 2018.[4]

Arkady Vyatchanin
Personal information
Full nameArkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin
Nationality Russia
 Serbia
 United States
Born (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984 (age 42)
Vorkuta, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union[1]
Height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight91 kg (201 lb)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubTaganrog Army Club[1]
Federal Protective Service[2]
New York Athletic Club[1]
CoachLyudmila Shalyapina (aunt)
Arkady Vyatchanin (father)
Irina Vyatchanina (mother)
Gregg Troy[2]
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing200 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2005 Montreal4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2007 Melbourne4×100 m medley
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place2004 Indianapolis200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2004 Indianapolis4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2008 Eindhoven4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2008 Eindhoven200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2008 Eindhoven100 m backstroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2009 Istanbul100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2006 Helsinki100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place2006 Helsinki200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2005 Trieste50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2005 Trieste100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2005 Trieste200 m backstroke

Family

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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.[2]

Change of nationality

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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.[5] In 2015 he obtained Serbian citizenship[6] (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.[7] He retired in June 2018 aiming to become a swimming coach.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arkady Vyachanin. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 Аркадий Вятчанин. russwimming.ru
  3. ↑ Vjačanin oborio dva srpska rekorda Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 Призер Олимпийских игр пловец Вятчанин объявил о завершении карьеры. TASS (2 June 2018).
  5. ↑ Do Svidaniya, Russia! Arkady Vyatchanin Switching Sport Nationalities[link removed]. Swimming World Magazine (22 April 2013).
  6. ↑ Светски рекордер Аркадиј Вјачанин плива за Србију. serbia-swim.org.rs (14 January 2015)
  7. ↑ Пловец Вятчанин получил гражданство США Archived 7 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. sport.mail.ru (7 August 2017)
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