Roman Zhdanov

Roman Zhdanov

Personal information
Full name	Roman Sergeyevich Zhdanov
Born	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 25) Gorno-Altaysk, Russia
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability class	S4 & SB3
Club	Zarya Sports Complex
Coached by	Elena Sokolova
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Russia Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 50 m breaststroke SB3 2020 Tokyo 50 m backstroke S4 2020 Tokyo 150 m ind. medley SM4 2020 Tokyo 100 m freestyle S4 2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle S4 World Championships 2015 Glasgow 50 m backstroke S4 2015 Glasgow 150 m individual medley SM4 2019 London 100 m freestyle S4 2019 London 150 m individual medley SM4 2019 London 200 m freestyle S4 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle S4 2015 Glasgow 200 m freestyle S4 2015 Glasgow mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 2019 London 50 m freestyle S4 2019 London 50 m backstroke S4 2019 London 50 m breaststroke S4 2019 London mixed 4x50 m freestyle relay European Championships 2020 Funchal 50 m breaststroke SB3 2020 Funchal 100 m freestyle S4 2014 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke S5 2014 Eindhoven 200 m individual medley SM5 2014 Eindhoven 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 2014 Eindhoven 4 × 50 m medley relay 2020 Funchal 50 m freestyle S4

Roman Sergeyevich Zhdanov (Russian: Роман Сергеевич Жданов; born 30 June 1998) is a Russian para swimmer. He is a three-time Paralympic champion, five-time World champion and one-time European champion.

Career

Zhdanov started swimming at the age of 14 and broke into professional sports in 2013. The next year, he went to the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven. Zhdanov won 4 bronze medals, participating in the 50m backstroke (S5 class), 200m medley (SM5 class), and two 4 x 50m freestyle and medley relay events.

At the World Games 2015 in Sochi, he returned home with 4 awards.

At the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, he participated in the 50m backstroke races S4 class and 150m medley SM4 class. In the 100m and 200m freestyle S4 class, Zhdanov took two silver medals. In the 4 x 50m relay, he came third.

Zhdanov went to the Russian Swimming Cup as part of a team of swimmers with a lesions of the musculoskeletal system from Biysk. The team won 7 medals, 4 of them being won by Zhdanov.

At a world championship in London,^[when?] Zhdanov won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals.^{[citation needed]}

Zhdanov was one of the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won gold medals in the 50 metre breaststroke SB3, 50 metre backstroke S4, and 150 metre individual medley SM4, setting three world records.^[1]

In 2021, Zhdanov competed in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. He won the 50m breaststroke, setting a new world record of 46.49s. In the 150m, Zhdanov completed the race in 2 minutes 12.17 seconds, beating his own record set in May 2021. In the 100m freestyle race, he finished third. He received the bronze medal in the 200m freestyle in the S4 class. Zhdanov finished the competition with his third gold in the 50m backstroke.

Personal life

Zhdanov was born n June 30, 1998, in Gorno-Altaisk, the capital of the Altai Republic, to Natalya and Alexander Zhdanov. He was born with a lesion of the musculoskeletal system. He has a younger brother named Danil.^{[citation needed]} Elena Alexandrovna Sokolova became his swimming coach when he was a teenager^{[citation needed]}

Until the 9th grade, Zhdanov studied at secondary school No. 10 in Gorno-Altaisk. He then attended school number 18 in Biysk.

Zhdanov married his wife Victoria (born April 26, 1998) on September 3, 2020.^{[citation needed]} Zhdanov now lives in Biysk and still trains under Elena Sokolova.

References

This page was last edited on 30 December 2023, at 08:43