Alexey Filonov Explained

Birth Date:	1961
Sport:	Swimming

Aleksey Yuryevich Filonov (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Филонов; born 1961) is a Russian swimmer who won silver medals in the 4×100 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships. He also won three medals at the Summer Universiades of 1981 and 1983.

After retirement he won multiple medals in the masters category:

• World championships 2004: 1 gold (100 m butterfly) and 2 silver (100 m freestyle and 50 m butterfly)
• European championships: 7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze (2003, 2007, 2011)
• Soviet championships 1991: 2 gold
• Russian championships: 14 gold, 33 records (1998–2011)

He is the president of the Moscow Swimming Federation.