| Denis Petrashov | |
| Fullname: | Denis Evgenyevich Petrashov |
| Native Name: | Денис Евгеньевич•Петрашов |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Collegeteam: | Louisville Cardinals |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1] |
| Height: | 192 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Denis Petrashov (born February 1, 2000) is a Kyrgyz competitive swimmer. He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyz national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics. Petrashov won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Youth Olympics, and gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.
Petrashov's hometown is Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[2] His father is former three-time Olympian and former breaststroke national record holder Yevgeny Petrashov.[3] [4]
He competed in the Men's 200-meter breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and both the Men's 100-meter (swimming a 1:00.23, setting a Kyrgyzstani national record) and 200-meter breaststroke events at the 2021 Summer Olympics.[5] [6]
Petrashov won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships 2019 in Bangalore, India.[7] He won two silver medals.[7] in men's 50 and 100 meters breaststroke.[7]
He is also a 2-time Asian Games finalist, and a Youth Olympics silver medalist.[8] Petrashov currently holds national record Kyrgyz records (breaststroke long course).
Petrashov won gold medals at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel in the 100 m (in a time of 1:00.46, bettering the record set in the prior Maccabiah Games by American B.J. Johnson) and 200 m breaststroke events.[9] [10]
Attending the University of Louisville and competing for the Louisville Cardinals, in 2022 Petrashov swam 51.92/1:51.89.[8] [11] At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championships, he was runner-up in the 200 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke.[2] He did not score at the 2022 NCAAs, after losing a swim-off for 16th in the 100, and not matching his ACC 200 breast time.[11]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | World Championships | align=left |  Kazan, Russia | 50th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.84[12] |
| 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 38th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.57 | |
| Asian Championships[13] |  Tokyo, Japan | 19th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 30.08 | ||
| 17th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.28 | ||||
| 6th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.45 | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 Maccabiah Games[14] |  Jerusalem, Israel | 5th | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.37 | |
| 5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.84 | ||||
| World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary | 48th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.14 | ||
| 32nd (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.43 | ||||
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 16th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 28.73 | |
| 11th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.12 | ||||
| 5th | 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.19 | ||||
| Youth Olympic Games |  Buenos Aires, Argentina | 7th | 50 m breaststroke | 28.70 | ||
| 2nd | 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.34 | ||||
| 9th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.70 | ||||
| 2019 | World Championships |  Gwangju, South Korea | 28th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.94 | |
| 24th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.65 | ||||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 27th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.23 | |
| 28th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.07 | ||||
| 2022 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary[15] | 20th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 27.89[16] | |
| 20th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.86 | ||||
| 12th (sf) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.00 | ||||